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SECTION 4. Chapter 36, article 5, section 36-8 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 <br />Edition, as amended), is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: <br />"(a) To be considered for commission review, the alternate plan shall include a computerized <br />map of the proposed council districts, the total population number used to devise the plan, <br />the total deviation not to exceed ten percent, and the deviation for each council district not <br />to exceed plus or minus [4-.-99] nine percent." <br />SECTION 5. Chapter 36, article 5, section 36-9 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 <br />Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: <br />"Section 36-9. Alternate plan requirements. <br />An alternate plan: <br />(1) Shall conform to the criteria described in this chapter and in the Charter, and any <br />other criteria adopted by the commission. <br />(2) Having a lower total deviation than the commission's plan while not exceeding plus <br />or minus [4--99] nine percent in any council district nor having a total deviation in <br />excess of ten percent shall be selected for the final plan unless the commission can <br />alter its plan to achieve an equal or lower total deviation than the alternate plan <br />offered. <br />(3) Shall include written justification for any divergence from the established criteria." <br />SECTION 6. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is <br />underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material and <br />underscoring need not be included. <br />SECTION 7. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any <br />person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or <br />applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or <br />application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. <br />SECTION 8. This ordinance shall take effect upon approval. <br />INTRODUCED BY: <br />jt��� �/,, <br />(b, <br />COUNCIL ME BER, COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />. Hawai`i <br />Date of Introduction: <br />Date of 1 st Reading: <br />Date of 2nd Reading: <br />REFERENCE Comm. 674 2 <br />