REP PWIRC 060 03/11/2008 2006-2008

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Elections Administrator Pat Nakamoto also thanked the League of Women Voters and agreed that it was also frustrating for the Elections Division during the 2% Land fund campaign and her office did their best to implement the initiative and referendum using procedures in place at that time. Ms. Nakamoto agreed to sections of the proposed bill but not entirely. She would like to have a portion of the original section remain. Your committee heard from Council Member Ford a request for consideration of four separate proposed floor amendments via Communication 1056.2 dated March 10, 2008. A motion was made to bifurcate and vote on each amendment separately. This motion was duly seconded and approved. The amendments were as follows: (1) Item one proposes amendments to section 11-1. Powers of Initiative and Referendum, 11-4. Initiative and Referendum Process, 11-7. Results of Election of the proposed amendments to the Charter as well as SECTION 5 of Bi11257. This motion was duly seconded and approved. After a motion was made by Ms. Ford and duly seconded and approved to Suspend the Council's Rules of Procedure, a further amendment section 11-1 (Item one) was proposed to reinsert into the first sentence of subsection (f) "within ten working days of receipt of the alternative language." This motion was also duly seconded and approved by Your Committee. (2) Item two proposes amendments to section 11-5. Initiative and Referendum Petitions: Forms and Sufficiency of the proposed amendments to the Charter. A motion to amend with Item two was duly seconded and approved. (3) Item three proposes an amendment to section 11-5. Initiative and Referendum Petitions: Forms and Sufficiency of the proposed amendments to the Charter. A motion to amend with Item three was duly seconded and approved. (4) Item four proposes an amendment to section 11-8. Results of Election. The proposed subsections for addition are left undesignated. A motion to amend with Item four was duly seconded and approved. A further amendment to was proposed to amend section 11-7 (Item four, previously 11-8), Results of Election, by changing the language in the new third subsection, as follows: "(a) A "no" vote shall be a negative response. Anon-vote where there is no response, shall not be counted affirmatively or negatively. (b) If a majority of the voters voting upon a proposed initiative ordinance shall vote in favor of it, the ordinance involved shall thereupon be an ordinance of the county. A proposed initiative ordinance which is not approved by a majority of voters on it shall thereupon be repealed. O Ordinances passed using Article XI, lnitiative and Referendum, shall not be Repealed or amended for at least 3 years from the date of election approval, except by [~=:~s] a two-thirds vote of the Hawaii County Council. PWIRC REPT.: 60