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(e) Prior to completing a draft of the redistricting plan, the commission shall hold at <br /> least one public hearing in each of the nine council districts. Upon completion of <br /> a draft redistricting plan, the commission shall hold at least one public hearing in <br /> east Hawai`i and one in west Hawai`i. <br /> (f) The county clerk shall furnish all necessary technical and secretarial services for <br /> the redistricting commission. The council shall appropriate necessary funds to <br /> enable the commission to carry out its duties. <br /> (g) The redistricting commission shall adhere to the following criteria in establishing <br /> the boundaries of the council districts: <br /> (1) No district shall be drawn to unduly favor or penalize a person or political <br /> faction; <br /> (2) Insofar as possible, districts should be contiguous and compact; <br /> (3) District lines shall, where possible, follow permanent and easily <br /> recognizable features; <br /> (4) Districts shall have approximately equal resident populations as required <br /> by applicable constitutional provisions. <br /> (h) The district boundaries as established by the redistricting commission shall be in <br /> effect at the first regularly scheduled council election following the filing of the <br /> plan and for any subsequent council election. The district boundaries in effect <br /> prior to the filing of the redistricting plan shall remain in effect during the <br /> duration of the term of all councilmembers elected or appointed to represent such <br /> districts until the expiration of the full term of such councilmembers, including <br /> any election held to fill an unexpired term under Section 3-5. <br /> a) No member of the redistricting commission shall be eligible to become a <br /> candidate for election to the County Council in the first election under any such <br /> redistricting plan." <br /> SECTION 3. New charter material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or <br /> printing these charter provisions for inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawai`i, the reviser <br /> need not include the underscoring. <br /> SECTION 4. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person <br /> or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of <br /> the ordinance, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this <br /> end, the provisions of this ordinance are severable. <br /> SECTION 5. Upon adoption of this ordinance, this council, by appropriate resolution, <br /> shall provide that this amendment be submitted to the electorate of Hawaii County for approval <br /> in the 2012 general election. <br /> 2 <br />