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(h) A chairperson shall be elected from its membership annually. <br /> (i) The affirmative vote of a majority of the entire membership to which a board or <br /> commission is entitled shall be necessary to make any action valid; except that in the case of a <br /> board or commission which has only advisory functions, the affirmative vote of a majority of <br /> those present shall be sufficient to make any action valid. <br /> (j) Each board and commission shall have the power to establish its rules of <br /> procedure necessary for the conduct of its business, which rules shall contain the time and place <br /> of all regular meetings, and which shall specify that a quorum shall be a majority of the members <br /> to which the board or commission is entitled. <br /> (k) Notwithstanding any other provision in this charter, no person shall, by reason of <br /> occupation alone, be barred from serving as a member of any board or commission. <br /> (1) The council shall act to confirm or reject any appointment made to a board or <br /> commission by the mayor within forty-five days after receiving notice of the appointment from <br /> the mayor. If the council does not confirm or reject any such appointment within forty-five days, <br /> the appointee shall be deemed to have been confirmed. <br /> (m) The redrawing of council district boundaries during a commission member's term <br /> shall not affect a member's eligibility to represent the district to which the member was <br /> appointed." <br /> SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is <br /> underscored. <br /> SECTION 4. If any portion of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or <br /> circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of <br /> <br /> the ordinance which can be given effect without the provision or the application, and to this end, <br /> <br /> the provisions of this ordinance are declared severable. <br /> SECTION 5. Upon adoption of this ordinance, this council, by appropriate resolution, <br /> <br /> shall provide that this amendment be submitted to the electorate of Hawaii County for approval <br /> at the next 2006 general election. <br /> SECTION 6. Upon approval of the Charter amendment proposed in this ordinance by a <br /> majority of voters voting thereon, as duly certified, the provisions of Section 2 of this ordinance <br /> <br />