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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 72 ORDINANCE NO. 11 85 AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XIII, SECTION 13- 20 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER (2010), RELATING TO RECORDS AND MEETINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to align the Hawai`i County Charter with the provisions of the Hawai`i Revised Statutes with regard to meetings that may be called by the Hawai`i County Council or a County board or commission. Currently, section 92 -7 of the Hawai`i Revised Statutes contains, in part, provisions for notice of regular, special, and rescheduled meetings. Criteria for holding an emergency meeting, and provisions for notice of such meeting, are contained within section 92 -8. This ordinance initiates an amendment to the Hawai`i County Charter that would repeal provisions for notice that are no longer applicable to special meetings and add reference to the Hawai`i Revised Statutes for notice of regular, special, rescheduled, and emergency meetings. SECTION 2. Article XIII, section 13 -20, of the Charter of the County of Hawai`i (2010), is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: "(c) [The time and place of all regular meetings of the council, board or officer of the council, board or commission when the date, time and place of such special advance of such meeting as well as via an electronic medium, such as the Internet. If the •