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SECTION 3. Article VI, chapter 5, section 6-5.5 of the Hawaii County Charter (2012 Edition), is amended to read as follows: "Section 6-5.5. Special Counsel. The council may, by two-thirds vote of its entire membership, authorize the employment of special counsel for any [speeial] matter -feat neeessity for- sue ] that the council without limitation determines may require such employment. Any such authorization shall specify the compensation, if any, to be paid for said services." SECTION 4. Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New charter material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or printing these charter provisions for inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawaii, the reviser need not include the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, and underscoring. SECTION 5. 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 severable. SECTION 6. Upon adoption of this ordinance, this council, by appropriate resolution, shall provide that this amendment be submitted to the electorate of Hawaii County for approval in the 2014 general election. SECTION 7. The charter amendment proposed in this ordinance shall take effect, following its approval by a majority of voters voting on this legislation in the 2014 general election, as duly certified. Hawai `i Date of Introduction: Date of 1St Reading: Date of 2„ d Reading: Date of 3`d Reading: Effective Date: INTRODUCED BY: COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII REFERENCE Comm. 878 3