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I I I ilMt:•®s ga?� i COUNTY OF HAWAIJ STATE OF HAWAVI 4Tp'CP'My,•l� BILL NO. 180 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VIII OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER(2020 EDITION), RELATING TO THE WATER BOARD AND THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Article VIII, section 8-2, of the Hawaii County Charter(2020 Edition) is amended to read as follows: "Section 8-2. Water Board. The water board shall consist of nine members who shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the council in the manner prescribed in Section 13-4. Each of the nine council districts shall be represented by a resident appointed from that district. The manager-chief engineer of the department of water supply, a Department of Hawaiian Homelands representative, the planning director and the director of public works or their designated representatives shall serve as ex-officio members of the water board without power to vote. The water board shall: (a) Manage, control and operate the waterworks of the county and all property thereof. (b) Adopt rules and regulations which shall have the force and effect of law relating to the management, control, operation, preservation and protection of the waterworks of the county. (c) Adopt an annual operating and capital budget for the department, subject to the hearing and advertising provisions of Section 10-4. (d) Have the power to acquire by eminent domain, purchase, lease or otherwise, and to sell, lease, or otherwise convey real property in the name of the water board. (e) Have the authority to issue revenue bonds under the name of the water board. (f) Have such other powers and duties as may be provided by law. fg) Act in accordance with Section 13-29 and the relevant Public Trust Doctrine provisions of the Constitution of the State of Hawai`i."