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Dominic Yagong, Council Chair and Members of the Hawai`i County Council April 27, 2012 Page 2 This ordinance includes transitional provisions whereby the first election for the Office of the Corporation Counsel will occur in 2014. Whoever shall be selected by the electorate to serve as the Corporation Counsel for the County of Hawai`i in 2014 would replace the Corporation Counsel as appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the County Council, and will serve a [two year term to be coterminous with the Mayor and Prosecuting Attorney.] four-year term. Thereafter, elections for the Office of the Corporation Counsel will occur [in the same year as those elections for Mayor and Prosecuting Attorney, with the Corporation Counsel to serve a four year term.] every four years." 2. SECTION 3 (Section_-2. Qualifications.) is amended to read as follows: "Section_-2. Qualifications. The corporation counsel shall be an attorney licensed to practice and in good standing before the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai`i [:] and who shall have engaged in the practice of law for at least six years. The corporation counsel shall be a citizen of the United States of America and shall have been a duly qualified elector of the county for at least one year immediately preceding the election." 3. SECTION 3 (Section -8. Transitional provisions.) is amended to read as follows: "Section_-8. Transitional [Provisions.] Provisions. [Section _ 1 notwithstanding, the] The provisions of this article shall take effect and be applied in the 2014 election. Whoever shall be selected by the electorate to serve as corporation counsel shall replace the corporation counsel as appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council, and shall serve a [twe-year term to be coterminous with the mayor and prosecuting attorney.] four-year term. [Thereafter, the corporation counsel shall be elected to a four year term, to be coterminous with the mayor and prosecuting attorney, as provided in Section 44" 4. SECTION 7 is amended to clarify that this charter amendment shall apply to the 2014 election as follows: "SECTION 7. The charter amendment proposed in this ordinance shall take effect upon approval by a majority of voters voting on this legislation in the 2012 general election[.-] and shall be applied in the 2014 election." A draft copy of Bill No. 211, Draft 2, is attached with these amendments incorporated therein. JY/dwe Attachment