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••••,+11OF X,.1 COUNTY OF HAWAII •��`''' ��:• STATE OF HAWAII ................ BILL NO. 47 ORDINANCE NO. 21 57 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 2,ARTICLE 41 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION,AS AMENDED),RELATING TO THE DISASTER AND EMERGENCY FUND. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Purpose. The Council finds that Article 41 of the Hawai`i County Code, which created and set guidelines for administering the Disaster and Emergency Fund, is mostly duplicative, obsolete, and unnecessary with the establishment of Article X, Section 10-17.of the Hawai`i County Charter, as approved by voters in the 2020 General Election. The purpose of this ordinance is to repeal Chapter 2, Article 41 of the Hawai`i County Code to provide for clear, effective maintenance and administration of the Disaster and Emergency Fund via the provisions located within the Hawaii County Charter. SECTION 2. Chapter 2, article 41, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), entitled"Disaster and Emergency Fund", is repealed: Section-2408T (a) Pursuant to section 10 12, Hawai`i County Charter 2010, a special fund to be known as the disaster and emergency fund is created. (b) The purpose of the disaster and emergency fund is to accumulate sufficient supplemental financial resources to respond to public health and safety emergencies, and to rebuild, repair, or replace County facilities and infrastructure damaged by natural or human caused disasters or emergency events. Section-2409T FundingT (a) Each fiscal year,the minimum amount to be appropriated into the disaster and emergency fund shall be $250,000. (b) The council hereby establishes a policy for the disaster and emergency fund to have 1,111,11e. • the funds for any reason listed in section 2 210 even if the targeted amount is not met.