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i 3 3 I I SECTION 2. Article VIII, section 8-3, of the Hawaii County Charter (2020 Edition) is amended to read as follows: "Section 8-3. Manager-Chief Engineer and Deputy. (a) The manager-chief engineer of the department of water supply shall be appointed by the water board and may be removed by the water board. Any motion for removal of the manager of the department of water supply must contain a statement of reasons, and the board shall not vote to remove the manager of the department of water supply unless the manager of the department of water supply has been given an opportunity to respond to the statement of reasons at a hearing before the board. (b) The deputy shall be appointed by the manager-chief engineer with the confirmation of the water board and may be removed by the manager-chief engineer with the approval of the water board. (c) The manager-chief engineer shall be a registered engineer and shall have had a minimum of five years of experience in an administrative capacity. The manager-chief engineer shall provide an annual report to the council within ninety days after the close of each fiscal year. The report shall include but not be limited to department priorities, annual budget, an inventory of real property held by the department I as fee simple or lease, any proposed updates to the department rules and regulations, and the status of anyapplicable updates to the Hawaii water plan, and the County water use and development plan." SECTION 3. Article VIII of the Hawaii County Charter(2020 Edition) is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: 1 "Section 8- . Native Hawaiian Water Rights. The contents of this article shall not be construed to amend or modify rights or entitlements to water as provided for in section 221 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, or the rights customarily and traditionally exercised by Native Hawaiians for subsistence, cultural, and religious purposes in accordance with Article XII, Section 7, of the Constitution of the State of Hawai`i." SECTION 4. Article VIII of the Hawaii County Charter (2020 Edition) is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "Section 8- . Water Board and Department of Water Supply Staff Training Requirements. In addition to any other training, each water board member, all staff assigned to support the water board, and management-level personnel of the department of water supply shall attend a Native Hawaiian law rights training course administered by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs or its official affiliates. Such training shall occur within one year of a water board member's term of appointment or, in the case of department staff or management-level personnel, within one year from the date of hire. The manager-chief engineer mayqpprove a twelve-month extension to complete this training when the manager-chief engineer determines that extenuating circumstances prevented the timely completion of training," 2