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11 � - lisle 0 N Mel 0 1 <br />STATE OF HAWAVI <br />BILL NO. 109 <br />(DRAFT 3) <br />AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XIII, SECTION 13-8 <br />OF THE HAWAIJ COUNTY CHARTER (2022 EDITION), RELATING TO TERM OF <br />OFFICE OF DEPARTMENT HEADS. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAIJ: <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 />tjq At <br />of the appointing authority; pfevided, that where a sueeessof has not been appointed, <br />depaftment head, deputy of assistant, as the ease may be, shall continue in offiee pending sueh <br />-F..-Ilitnient. The eouneil shall eonfifffi of deny eanfirmatien within sixt�, dfty-,,,�� <br />appai tment of any depaftment head. if the eeuneil does not aet within sixt�-4ays—,4he <br />depai4ffient head shall be deemed to be eonfifffied. The depaftment head shall take office upon <br />but shall not eoiAintte in offiee if the eouneil denies eenfifmation.] <br />(a) The term of office of department heads shall be coterminous with that of the appointing <br />authority; provided, that where a successor has not been confirmed by the council, <br />sitting department heads may hold office until a successor is confirmed. <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 forty-five days after <br />receiving notice of the appointment from the mayor. If the council does not confirm or <br />reject any such appointment within forty-five days, the appointee shall be deemed to <br />have been confirmed. <br />(c) An appointee shall take office upon confirmation by the council, with the exception of <br />the managing director who shall take office upon appointment by the mayor." <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 Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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 />applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or <br />application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable. <br />0 <br />