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�tf qF NF•� BILL NO. 168 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XIV, SECTION 14-5 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER(2020 EDITION),RELATING TO THE BOARD OF ETHICS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAAI`L SECTION L Article XIV, section 14-5, of the Hawaii County Charter (2020 Edition), is amended by amending subsection(a) to read as follows: "(a) There shall be a board of ethics appointed by the mayor with the approval of the council. It shall consist of [five] seven members who shall be residents of the county. Members shall serve staggered terms of five years. The board shall adopt its rules of procedure, having the force and effect of law, as shall be necessary to provide for the enforcement of the code of ethics." SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New charter material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or printing these charter provisions for inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawaii,the reviser need not include the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, and the underscoring. SECTION 3. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are severable. SECTION 4. Upon adoption of this ordinance, this Council, by appropriate resolution, shall provide that this amendment be submitted to the electorate of Hawaii County for approval in the 2022 general election.