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STATE OF HAWAVI <br />BILL NO. 109 <br />(DRAFT 4) <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XIII, SECTION 13-8 <br />OF THE HAWAPI COUNTY CHARTER (2022 EDITION), RELATING TO TERM OF <br />OFFICE OF DEPARTMENT HEADS. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAVI: <br />SECTION 1. Article XIII, section 13-8, of the Hawaii County Charter (2022 Edition) is <br />amended to read as follows: <br />"Section 13-8. Term of Office and Appointment of Department Heads. <br />[The ter-m of offiee of depaftment heads, deputies and assistants shall be eo terminous with <br />that of the appointing atitherity; pfovided, that where a sueeessof has not been appointed, <br />head, deputy of assistant, as the ease may be, shall eontinue in offiee pending such <br />tment. The eotmeil shall eenfirm of deny eenfir-mation within six,� -ays of the <br />appointment of any depa--ment head. if the eouneil does not aet within sixty days, t <br />department head shall be deemed to be eonfirined. The depaftment head shall take offiee up <br />tment but shall not eontintie in offiee if the eouneii denies eonfiffflation.] <br />(a) The term of office of department heads shall be coterminous with that of the mayor-, <br />provided, that where a successor has not been qppointed, sitting department heads may <br />continue in office pending such appointment. <br />(b) The mayor shall appoint department heads within thirty days of taking office or within <br />sixty days after the occurrence of any vacancy. The council shall act to confirm or reject <br />any appointment of a department head by the mayor within sixty days after receiving <br />notice of the appointment from the mayor. If the council does not confirm or reject any <br />such appointment within sixty dqys, the appointee shall be deemed to have been <br />confirmed. <br />(c) Department heads shall take office upon appointment but shall not continue in office if <br />the council denies confirmation." <br />SECTION 2. Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New charter <br />material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or printing these charter provisions for <br />inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawaii, the reviser need not include the brackets, <br />bracketed and stricken material, and underscoring. <br />SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof <br />to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or <br />