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COUNT' OF HA'~~.I£I STATE OF HA~IAI~I RESOLUTION NO. 6$3 ~ ~$ RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO PLACE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ORDINANCE N0.08-80 ON THE 2008 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT. WHEREAS, article XV of the Hawaii County Charter governs Charter amendments and revisions; and WHEREAS, the requirements for amending the Charter by ordinance are set out in sections 15-1 and 15-2 of the Hawaii County Charter; and WHEREAS, section 15-1 requires that an ordinance proposing a Charter amendment be adopted after three readings on separate days and passed by the affirmative vote of two thirds of the entire membership of the Hawaii County Council; and WHEREAS, section 15-2 requires that upon adoption of such an ordinance the Council shall by resolution provide that the proposed amendment be submitted to the electors of the County for approval at the next general election and that the resolution shall provide for the p~.iblication of the full text of the proposed amendments in at least two daily newspapers of general circulation in the County at least forty-five days prior to submission to the electors of the County; and WHEREAS, section 11-119(b) Hawaii Revised Statutes requires that questions and issues which are to be placed on the general election ballot be submitted to the Chief Election Officer of the State of Hawaii not later than 4:30 p.m. on the sixtieth calendar day prior to the election; and WHEREAS, the next general election will be held on November 4, 2008; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 08-80 which proposes an amendment to article XI of the Hawaii County Charter 2000 (2006 Edition), Initiative and Referendum, by repealing the article in its entirety and replacing with new language was adopted after three readings on the following dates by the following votes: Reading Date Votes First Reading March 25, 2008 7 ayes, 2 noes Second Reading Apri19, 2008 6 ayes, 3 noes Third Reading Apri122, 2008 8 ayes, 1 no WHEREAS, September 5, 2008, is the sixtieth calendar day prior to the next scheduled general election; and