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grant awards shall not be limited to nonprofit organizations but shall specifically identify the organization and program,project or event for which the grant funds shall be used and comply with the rules and regulations of the finance director [of finance]. (b) In the event that a grantee organization is unable or unwilling to provide the public service(s) or purchase(s) for which grant funds were appropriated,the following procedures shall apply: (1) For grant awards authorized as prescribed in 2-139(a)(1),the mayor may direct the finance director to solicit applications from eligible nonprofit organizations to fulfill the specific public purpose(s) for which the funds were originally appropriated for the remainder of the fiscal year. The director shall forward recommended application(s) and appropriation measure(s)to the council for its [decision.] approval. Funds appropriated to a successor nonprofit organization shall not exceed the balance of unexpended County funds awarded to the original nonprofit organization. (2) For grant awards from [the] district contingency relief[;] funds, the council may direct the return of the full appropriation or the balance of unexpended funds. (3) For other grant awards authorized as prescribed in 2-139(a)(3), the [finance] director may direct the return of the full grant amount or balance of the unexpended funds." SECTION 5. Chapter 2, article 25, section 2-142.1, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows: "Section 2-142.1. Rules. (a) The finance director shall adopt rules as may be necessary to [meet the r-equifernents-ef] clarify and/or implement this article. (b) All application forms shall include a right to audit clause. (c) All application forms shall include, "As part of this application,you acknowledge that any funds awarded will be restricted for the purposes stated in the application [except for a maximum] and that no more than ten percent of the grant may be used for administrative and overhead costs."" SECTION 6. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 7. 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 that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable. 6