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(f) The assistant corporation counsel shall be appointed by the corporation counsel and may be removed by the corporation counsel. The assistant corporation counsel shall be an attorney licensed to practice and in good standing before the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai`i. (g) In the event of a vacancy in the office of corporation counsel, the assistant corporation counsel shall act as corporation counsel until a successor is appointed. The council shall appoint a successor within sixty days after the occurrence of any vacancy. (h) The council may, by two-thirds vote of its entire membership, authorize the employment of special counsel for any special matter presenting a real necessity for such employment. Any such authorization shall specify the compensation, if any, to be paid for said services." SECTION 4. Article III, section 3-6 of the Charter of the County of Hawai`i (2022 Edition) is amended by amending subsection(b)to read as follows: "(b) The council shall appoint the county clerk which position shall be exempt from civil service laws and classifications. The county clerk shall serve for a period of four years, and thereafter, until a successor is appointed. The council, by a two-thirds vote of its membership, may remove the county clerk from office at any time. The county clerk shall: (1) Be the clerk of the council. (2) Be custodian of the county seal. (3) Conduct all elections held within the county. (4) Appoint the deputy county clerk, with the approval of the council, and such position shall be exempt from civil service laws and classifications. (5) Perform such other functions as the council may prescribe. (6) Appoint necessary staff for which appropriations have been made by the council, subject to civil service laws and classifications, and exercise the same power with respect to the personnel of the clerk's office as the department heads in the executive branch, with the exception of the office of the [legislative] county auditor[;;-] and the department of the corporation counsel." SECTION 5. Article XVI of the Charter of the County of Hawaii (2022 Edition) is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows: "Section 16- . Corporation Counsel Continued in Office. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the corporation counsel, assistant corporation counsel and any deputy holding office on December 2, 2024, shall continue in office until a successor has been appointed pursuant to section 3-19." SECTION 6. Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New charter material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or printing these charter provisions for 3