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(1) Submit them to the council for informational purposes utilizing the council's rules <br /> and procedures; and <br /> (2) Give notice to the committee of: <br /> (A) The final petition form, ballot title, ballot question, and ballot summary; <br /> (B) The deadline date set by the State of Hawaii Elections Office for the <br /> submission of the ballot title, ballot question, and ballot summary; <br /> (C) The number of signatures required for a certificate of sufficiency; and <br /> (D) A timeline that gives dates at which submissions and specific actions shall <br /> occur. <br /> <br /> (h) Within thirty working days after the filing of an initiative or referendum petition, the <br /> clerk shall complete a certificate as to the sufficiency of the petition. During this thirty <br /> day period, the committee may continue to gather signatures. <br /> (i) As soon as a certificate is completed, the clerk shall notify the committee of the contents <br /> of the certificate. If a petition is certified sufficient, the clerk shall present the certificate <br /> to the county council at the first council meeting where it can be legally agendized. <br /> (j) If the clerk certifies a petition insufficient, the certificate shall show the particulars <br /> wherein the petition is defective. If a majority of the committee chooses to continue to <br /> collect signatures, then the committee shall within twenty working days after receipt of <br /> the clerk's certificate of insufficiency, file a supplemental petition. The supplemental <br /> petition shall be governed by the same requirements as the original petition. <br /> (k) Within fifteen working days from the filing of a supplemental petition, the clerk shall <br /> complete a second certificate as to the sufficiency of the supplemental petition. <br /> Thereafter, the procedural requirements for the supplemental petition shall be the same as <br /> that for the original petition. <br /> (1) If a majority of the committee does not choose to amend a petition or collect additional <br /> signatures, the clerk shall present the certificate to the county council at the first council <br /> meeting where it can be legally agendized. A petition is approved for consideration <br /> through council action upon the clerk's certificate of sufficiency. <br /> (m) The clerk shall present the certificate to the council at the earliest meeting at which the <br /> certificate can be legally agendized. The council shall review the latest clerk's <br /> certificate, upon the committee's request, and shall approve or reject the certificate or <br /> may substitute its own determination of sufficiency of the petition by resolution. The <br /> review actions of the council shall be final but shall not preclude the filing of a new <br /> petition for the same purposes. <br /> (n) The council shall proceed immediately to consider an initiative or referendum petition <br /> which has been determined sufficient in accordance with the provisions of this article. If <br /> an initiative petition is concerned, the ordinance it proposes shall at once be introduced <br /> 3 <br /> <br />