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subject to the procedures required for ordinances under this charter; however, not more <br /> than sixty days shall elapse between the time of first reading of the initiative proposal as a <br /> bill and completion of consideration to adopt, amend, or reject the same. If a referendum <br /> petition is concerned, the ordinance to which that petition is directed shall be <br /> reconsidered by the council; and not later than thirty days after the date on which the <br /> petition was determined sufficient, the council shall by resolution repeal or sustain the <br /> ordinance. <br /> <br /> (o) If the council fails to adopt an initiative proposal or adopts a proposal with an amendment <br /> unfavorable to a majority of the committee, or if the council fails to repeal an ordinance <br /> reconsidered pursuant to a referendum petition, the clerk shall submit the final language <br /> approved by the petitioner's committee with its appropriate ballot title and ballot <br /> language to the voters of the county at the next general election. The ballot for such <br /> measures shall contain the final ballot summary and shall have below the ballot title <br /> designated spaces in which to mark the ballot FOR or AGAINST the measure. <br /> <br /> (p) The clerk shall publish the ballot title, ballot question, ballot summary and arguments for <br /> and against the measure in the Sunday paper of two Hawaii Island daily papers with the <br /> largest circulation, for the three Sundays preceding the election. The committee shall be <br /> given the opportunity to write the argument in favor of the measure. If a group of five <br /> qualified voters of Hawaii County give notice to the clerk that they wish to write the <br /> arguments against the measure, the clerk shall publish their arguments. Both sets of <br /> arguments shall be published in the same papers, on the same page, on the same days, <br /> utilizing the same size print. The names and addresses of the committee and the opposing <br /> group as they appear on the general county register for the County of Hawaii shall <br /> appear in the publication. <br /> Section 11-5. Initiative and Referendum Petitions: Forms and Sufficiency. <br /> <br /> (a) Initiative and referendum petitions shall be governed by the rules regarding form and <br /> sufficiency set forth in this section, as well as by such other rules as the county council <br /> may impose by ordinance, consistent with the provisions and with the spirit and purpose <br /> of the charter. <br /> <br /> (b) For acceptance of petitions, the clerk shall require that: <br /> (1) The petitions indicate the five members of the committee for that petition by <br /> name and residence address as they appear on the general county register for the <br /> County of Hawaii. <br /> (2) The petitions indicate the designated representative for the committee and the <br /> address to which all notices for the committee are to be sent. <br /> (3) The petitions be filed on papers of uniform size and style and assembled as one <br /> instrument. <br /> (4) Each elector signing such petitions shall print their name, which shall be <br /> reasonably similar to their name as it appears on the general county register for <br /> 4 <br /> <br />