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COUNTY OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 334 10 A RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN ALTERNATIVE AMENDMENT IN PLACE OF CHARTER PROPOSAL CA -17, RELATING TO THE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION. WHEREAS, Hawai`i Revised Statutes, section 50 -8, provides: STATE OF HAWAII 150 -8 Submission of proposed charter to legislative body of the county. Within one year of its appointment, the charter commission shall submit a report in writing on its activities, findings, and recommendations to the legislative body of the county together with a draft of the proposed charter. The legislative body of the county may in tum propose one or more sections as alternative, or alternatives to any section of the proposed charter; provided that there shall not be more than a single proposition under any alternative proposal. Within thirty days after the receipt of the proposed charter from the commission, the legislative body shall return the proposed charter with the alternatives to the commission for its study. "; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes, section 50 -8, and in response to the Charter Commission's Report to the Council dated April 13, 2010, the Council hereby proposes as an alternative amendment to Charter Proposal CA -17 that article 1II, section 3 -17 of the Hawaii County Charter 2000 (2008 Edition) be amended to read as follows: "Section 3 -17. County [Reappertionmentl Redistricting Commission. (a) There shall be a county [reapportionment] redistricting commission which shall establish the boundaries of the council districts. (b) The initial [reapportionment] redistricting commission shall consist of seven members, two of whom shall be residents of the combined judicial districts of North and South Hilo, one from the judicial district of Puna, one from the judicial district of Ka'u, one from the combined judicial districts of North and South Kona, one from the combined judicial districts of North and South Kohala, and one from the judicial district of Hamakua. The members shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council in the manner prescribed in Section 13 -4. (c) Each subsequent [reapportionment] redistricting commission shall consist of nine members. One member shall be a resident of each council district as established by the previous [reapportionment] redistricting commission. The members shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council in the manner prescribed in Section 13 -4. (d) The year 1991 and every tenth year thereafter shall be [reapportionment] redistricting years. The [reapportionment] redistricting commission shall be appointed and confirmed by [March 1 of the r apportionment ygar,] July 1 of the year immediately preceding the redistricting year, and shall file a [reapportionment] redistricting plan with the county clerk by December 31 of the [reapportionment] redistricting year. A report shall be filed with the redistricting