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M11%Di N,'Y.'. <br /> `.�.'�✓",,��i''� Phone: (808) 323-4277 <br /> BRENDA J. FORD - c '.''';•,�/. • <br /> • <br /> Council Member •-- -0.11•0£ Fax: (808) 329- 4786 <br /> District 7 - Central Kona �''�� <br /> o. » E-Mail: bford @co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL Ala(-, <br /> County of Hawaii <br /> West Hawaii Civic Center <br /> 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy. <br /> Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 -- <br /> n9 J) <br /> DATE: May 3, 2012 <br /> TO: Dominic Yagong, Chairperson, <br /> and Members of the Hawai`i County Council <br /> FROM: el renda J. Ford, Council Member <br /> SUBJECT: Transmitting Bill No. 211, Draft 2; An Ordinance to Initiate an Amendment to <br /> the Hawai`i County Charter (2010) By Repealing Article VI, Chapter 5, and <br /> Adding a New Article to Provide that the Corporation Counsel Shall Be an <br /> Elected Official of the County <br /> Attached please find Bill No. 211, Draft 2, which incorporates amendments duly approved by the <br /> Council during the May 2, 2012, Council meeting. <br /> The approved amendments are as follows: <br /> 1. All amendments contained in Communication No. 627.1, including a verbal amendment <br /> to add the word "civil" as follows (bolded): <br /> "Section_-2. Qualifications. <br /> The corporation counsel shall be an attorney licensed to practice and in good <br /> standing before the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai`i [-] and who shall have <br /> engaged in the practice of civil law for at least six years. The corporation counsel shall <br /> be a citizen of the United States of America and shall have been a duly qualified elector <br /> of the county for at least one year immediately preceding the election." <br /> 2. The following amendments contained in Communication No. 627.2 (the Council divided <br /> the question and approved the following amendments): <br /> A. "Section_-3. Powers, Duties and Functions. <br /> The corporation counsel shall be the chief legal advisor and legal <br /> representative of all county agencies, the council and all officers and employees <br /> in matters related to their official powers and duties, unless otherwise provided by <br /> (� Comm. No. Go al-3 <br /> C 601 Z I , prei 4 2.) Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Ref. To: W <br /> Ref. Date MAY Q 2 2012 <br /> Hawai`i County Is An Equal Opportunity Provider And Employer <br />