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Section 11-3. Petitioners' Committee. For each initiative or referendum petition there shall be a petitioners' committee representing all the petitioners, which committee shall be composed of five members who shall be qualified voters of the county and signers of the petition. The committee shall be responsible for circulation of the petition and for assembling and filing the petition in proper form. There shall be a committee chair who will be responsible for sending and receiving all communications between the clerk and the committee. The committee shall have the power to amend or withdraw the petition as provided in this charter. Section 11-4. Initiative and Referendum Process (a) The clerk shall provide the committee with a sample petition form upon request. (b) Prior to circulating an initiative or referendum petition, the committee shall give notice to the clerk of the following: (1) The names and residence addresses of the committee members as they appear on the general county register, the committee's designated representative, and the address to which all notices shall be sent; (2) For an initiative, a completed petition form identifying the ordinance to be modified or introduced, along with the proposed language for the petition; (3) For a referendum, a completed petition form identifying the ordinance or part of an ordinance to be repealed; and (4) A proposed ballot title, ballot question, and an objective ballot summary. (c) For purposes of this article, notice shall be in writing and sent via United States mail, return receipt requested or delivered in person, provided both the sender and receiver sign and date a receipt. The date of receipt will be the date the recipient's signature was affixed or ten days after the postmarked date, whichever occurs first. (d) Within ten working days of receipt of the notice in I 1-4(b), the clerk shall give notice to the committee that the proposed petition form, ballot title, ballot question, and ballot summary are acceptable or shall propose alternative language. (e) If the proposed language is acceptable, the clerk shall give the committee notice of acceptance and the language shall be final. (f) If the clerk proposes alternative language, the clerk shall give the committee notice of the proposed language within ten working days of receipt of the alternative language. If the committee objects to the alternate language, the committee shall send a notice to the clerk of its objections and submit a revised petition form, ballot title, ballot question and ballot summary to the clerk within ten working days of receipt of the alternative language. The clerk shall accept the proposed revision as the final language. (g) If the language of the proposed ordinance is found to be within the power of initiative or referendum of the County of Hawaii, within five working days of finalization of the petition form, ballot title, ballot question and ballot summary, the clerk shall: 2