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SECTION 4. Article V, section 5 -1.6, Hawai`i County Charter (2010 Edition), is amended to read as follows: "Section 5 -1.6. Removal of Mayor. (a) The mayor may be removed by impeachment or recall proceedings as provided by this charter. (b) The mayor shall be removed from office for failure of the mandatory drug test for elected officials, pursuant to Section 17 -4." SECTION 5. Article IX, section 9 -6, Hawai`i County Charter (2010 Edition), is amended to read as follows: "Section 9 -6. Removal of Prosecuting Attorney. (a) The prosecuting attorney may be removed by impeachment or recall proceedings as provided by this charter. (b) The prosecuting attorney shall be removed from office for failure of the mandatory drug test for elected officials, pursuant to Section 17 -4." SECTION 6. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. SECTION 7. For Sections 3, 4, and 5 of this ordinance, charter language to be added is underscored. When revising, compiling or printing these charter provisions for inclusion in the charter of the County of Hawai`i, the reviser need not include the underscoring. SECTION 8. The charter amendment proposed in this ordinance shall take effect upon its approval by a majority of voters voting thereon in the 2012 General Election. The provisions of this ordinance shall be applicable to officials elected to County office in the 2012 General Election and thereafter. 6