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From the office of - <br />Council Member <br />District 3 — Hilo and Puna <br />SUSAN L.K. LEE LOY <br />25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />TO: Aaron S.Y. Chung, Chair <br />and embers of the Hawaii County Council <br />h <br />FROM: Susan L.K. Lee Loy, Council Member <br />DATE: September 24, 2020 <br />Office: (808) 961-8396 <br />Fax: (808) 961-8912 <br />Email- site.leeloy@hawaiicoitnty.gov <br />1-,) <br />k,,r! <br />SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to Bill No. 196; An Ordinance Amending Chapter 2, <br />Article 4, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as Amended), by <br />Adding a New Section Relating to Fiscal Impact Statements. <br />...0 <br />%Aj <br />Please see below a proposed amendment to Bill No. 196. This amendment adds clarifying <br />language. The proposed amendment is illustrated in Ramseyer format as applied to the current <br />contents of Bill No. 196. New material is underscored. <br />Bill No. 196 is amended by amending SECTION 1 to read as follows: <br />"SECTION 1. Chapter 2, article 4, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as <br />amended), is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as <br />follows: <br />"Section 2- . Fiscal impact statements. <br />(a) "Fiscal impact statement" means a concise assessment of the immediate and <br />potential future effects a proposed ordinance may have on revenues, expenditures, <br />taxes, and fiscal liabilities. <br />(b) A fiscal impact statement for a proposed ordinance that affects the revenues, <br />expenditures, taxes, and fiscal liabilities of the County may be initiated by the <br />director of finance at any time, or upon a council member's written request <br />submitted to the director of finance no later than 4:3 0 p.m. on the date of the first <br />required council reading of the proposed ordinance. The director of finance shall <br />submit the fiscal impact statement to the council no later than noon on the <br />business day prior to the second required council reading. Nothing in this section <br />shall be construed to limit the ability of the council to act on a proposed ordinance <br />in the absence of a requested fiscal impact statement. <br />(c) This section shall not apply to any proposed ordinance to amend the Hawaii <br />County Charter or to establish the operating budget or capital budget for the <br />following fiscal year." <br />zg .� <br />A draft copy of the Draft 2 of this bill that would result if these proposed amendments are <br />adopted is attached. <br />Comm. No. � �� • <br />SL/ps Ref. To: 0 <br />Att. Ref. Date <br />Hawai `i County Is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />