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COUNTY OF HAWAI`I <br />JNiv of jV`1I <br />iw :4 STATE OF HAWAI`I <br />�rF OF•N►�,j1r <br />BILL NO. 72 <br />DRAFT 2) <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, CHAPTER 10, <br />SECTION 6-10.3, OF THE CHARTER OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I (2024 <br />EDITION), RELATING TO THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I: <br />SECTION 1. Article VI, chapter 10, section 6-10.3, of the Charter of the County of <br />Hawaii (2024 Edition) is amended to read as follows: <br />"Section 6-10.3. Director. <br />The director of environmental management shall be appointed by the <br />mayor, confirmed by the council, and may be removed by the mayor. The <br />director shall have had a minimum of five years of [a dffih istr-afivo] experience in <br />a r-ela4ed field and an engineer-ing degree or- a degree ia a related field.] <br />Lengineering, solid waste management, wastewater treatment, environmental <br />policyand regulatory compliance, public administration, business administration, <br />or a related field, at least two vears of which shall have been in a responsible <br />administrative capacity." <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 Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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 revisor 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 />SECTION 4. Upon adoption of this ordinance, the Council, by appropriate resolution, <br />shall provide that this charter amendment be submitted to the electorate of the County of Hawaii <br />for approval in the 2026 general election. <br />