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,~JrtY of!!1r. Phone: (808)326-5421 BRENDA J FORD Fax: (808) 329- 4786 Council Member E-Mail: bford@co.hawaii.hi.us District 7 - Central Kona •••tf M~M~~' HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawai `i m Kailua Trade Center T 75-5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109 r"• Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i 96740l! DATE: February 14, 2008 ? ' . i' TO: Pete Hoffmann, Chairperson, r. o and Members of the Hawaii County Council = ca FROM: r__11 ~Wrenda J. Ford, Council Member SUBJECT: J Proposed Amendment to Bill 209, Draft 2 (An Ordinance for the Imposition of Administrative Fines for Violations of the County Code of Ethics) Attached please find two proposed amendment to Bill 209, Draft 2. The first proposed amendment is to Section 5 of Bill 209, Draft 2, relating to the date the ordinance would take effect, and reads as follows: "SECTION 5 [a]_ This ordinance shall take effect upon [its appfeval] the date that the board of ethics formally adopts rules and procedures relating to the imposition of administrative fines pursuant to Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes." The second proposed amendment is a non-substantive "friendly amendment" to the severability clause in Section 4 of Bill 209, Draft 2, and reads as follows: "SECTION 4. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which [ea] can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable." Proposed amendments to Draft 2 of Bill 209 are shown in Ramseyer format. The proposed amendments are incorporated into the attached draft. Thank you. BJF Att. g7 0 , c~ Comm No. Ref. To: r~ ~ Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Ref. DOt° ' EB 1 O(IR Hawaii Countv Is An Eoual Opportunitv Provider And Emplover