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