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-4 OF STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 109 (DRAFT 3) ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XIII, SECTION 13-8 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER (2022 EDITION), RELATING TO TERM OF OFFICE OF DEPARTMENT HEADS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Article X111, section 13-8, of the Hawaii County Charter (2022 Edition) is amended to read as follows: "Section 13-8. Term of Office and Appointment of Department Heads. [The term of offiee of depaftment heads, deputies and assistants shall be eo ter-miflotis with that of the appainting atitherity; provided, that whefe a sueeessof has not been appointed, depaftment head, deputy of assistant, as the ease fflay be, shall eentinue in effiee pending such The eouneil shall eenfifm or- deny confirmation within sixty days of the app—Ament of any department head. if the eeiineil does not aet within sixty days, the dep—ment head shall be deemed to be confirmed. The department head shall take of fi-ee upo.n. -,,,1-.RtmetA but shall not eentinue in office if the council denies eenfir-mation.] (a) The term of office of department heads shall be coterminous with that of the appointing authority-, provided, that where a successor has not been confirmed by the council, sitting department heads may hold office until a successor is confirmed. (b) The mayor shall appoint department heads within thirty days of taking office or within sixty days after the occurrence of any vacancy. The council shall act to confirm or rej ec any appointment of a department head by the mayor within forty-five days after receiving notice of the appointment from the mayor. If the council does not confirm or reject any such appointment within forty-five days, the appointee shall be deemed to have been confirmed. (c) An appointee shall take office upon confirmation by the council, with the exception of the managing director who shall take office upon appointment by the may r." SECTION 2. Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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 underscoring. SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does 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.