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(2) Give notice to the committee of: (A) The final petition form, ballot title, ballot question, and ballot summary; (B) The deadline date set by the State of Hawaii Elections Office for the submission of the ballot title, ballot question, and ballot summary; and (C) The number of signatures required for a certificate of sufficiency. (h) Within thirty working days after the filing of an initiative or referendum petition, the clerk shall complete a certificate as to the sufficiency of the petition. During this thirty day period, the committee may con[inue to gather signatures. (i) As soon as a certificate is completed, the clerk shall notify the committee of the contents of the certificate. If a petition is certified sufficient, the clerk shall present the certificate to the county council at the first council meeting where it can be legally agendized, (j) If the clerk certifies a petition insufficient, the certificate shall show the particulars wherein the petition is defective, If a majority of the committee elects to amend a petition certified insufficient, the committee shall give notice to the clerk and, within twenty working days after receipt of the clerk's certificate of insufficiency, file a supplemental petition. The supplemental petition shall be governed by the same requirements as the original petition. (k) Within fifteen working days from the filing of a supplemental petition, the clerk shall complete a second certificate as to the sufficiency of the supplemental petition. Thereafter, the procedural requirements for the supplemental petition shall be the same as that for the original petition. (1) If a majority does not elect to amend a petition, the clerk shall present the certificate to the county council at the first council meeting where it can be legally agendized. A petition is approved for consideration through council action upon the clerk's certificate of sufficiency. (m) A majority of the committee may request the county council to review the clerk's certificate, at or before the meeting at which the clerk presents the certificate to the council. The council shall review the latest clerk's certificate, upon the committee's request, and shall approve or reject the certificate or may substitute its own determination of sufficiency of the petition by resolution. The review actions of the council shall be final but shall not preclude the filing of a new pefition for the same purposes. (nj The council shall proceed immediately to consider an initiative or referendum petition which has been determined sufficient ~n accordance with the provisions of this article. If an initiative petition is concerned, the ordinance it proposes shall at once be introduced subject to the procedures required for ordinances under this charter; however, not more than sixty days shall elapse between the time of first reading of the initiative proposal as a bill and completion of consideration to adopt, amend, or reject the same. If a referendum petition is concerned, the ordinance to which that petition is directed shall be reconsidered by the council; and not later than thirty days after the date on which the petition was determined sufficient, the council shall by resolution repeal or sustain the ordinance. 3