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SECTION 11. Article X, section 10-5, of the Charter of the County of Hawaii (2024 Edition) is amended to read as follows: "Section 10-5. Operating Budget: Council Action. After the public hearing, and after the submission of the amendments to the biennial operating budget and [te4he] capital budget, the county council may adopt the operating budget as amended with or without further amendments. First reading shall be after May 5[.] of each odd -numbered year. In amending, it may add new items or increase items in the operating budget. It may decrease or delete items, excepting appropriations required by law and appropriations for debt service. But in all cases the estimated revenues for the ensuing [yeaf] two fiscal years shall be at least equal in amount to the proposed expenditures. The council shall adopt the biennial operating budget on or before June 30[.] of each odd -numbered year. If it fails to do so, the operating budget as submitted and as amended by the mayor shall be deemed adopted by the council as the operating budget for the ensuing two fiscal [yeah] If the mayor disapproves of the bill adopting the biennial operating budget or of any part thereof, the mayor shall return the bill or the portions vetoed with a written statement of objections to the clerk for further council action within ten calendar days of receipt of the bill. The adopted operating budget shall be in effect on and after the first day of the first fiscal year of the biennium to which it applies." SECTION 12. Article X, section 10-6, of the Charter of the County of Hawaii (2024 Edition) is amended to read as follows: "Section 10-6. Capital Budget and Capital Program: Scope; Council Action. (a) The biennial capital budget shall contain at least the following: (1) A simple, clear, general summary of the detailed contents of the capital budget. (2) The capital improvements pending or proposed to be undertaken within the ensuing two fiscal [yeah] years, together with the estimated cost of each improvement, the estimated operating cost, and the pending or proposed method of financing it. Capital improvements shall be prioritized based on criteria aligned with the general plan, community development plans, emergency expenditures and other pertinent functional plans. (3) Capital expenditures to be financed from [etn+ent) revenues in the ensuing [yeas] two fiscal years. (b) The capital program shall be used by the council for informational purposes and as a guide for the estimated costs of the proposed capital improvements of the county for the ensuing six fiscal years and shall contain at least the following: (1) A simple, clear, general summary of the detailed contents of the capital program.