Comm No 0047.01 - Transmit CA-29 Draft 2 for First Reading

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CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. CA -29, DRAFT 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: Section 1. Article X, Section 10-6, of the Hawai`i County Charter (2018 Edition), is amended by amending Subsection (a) to read as follows: "(a) The capital budget shall contain at least the following: (1) A simple, clear, general summary of the detailed contents of the capital budget. (2) The capital improvements pending or proposed to be undertaken within the ensuing fiscal year, together with the estimated cost of each improvement, the estimated operating cost, and the pending or proposed method of financing it. Capital improvements shall be prioritized based on criteria aligned with the general plan, community development plans, emergency expenditures and other pertinent functional plans. (3) Capital expenditures to be financed from current revenues in the ensuing fiscal year." Section 2. New charter material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or printing these charter provisions for inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawai`i (2020), the revisor need not include the underscoring. Section 3. The revisor of the charter shall renumber charter article, chapter, and section numbers and any cross references thereto pursuant to amendments approved by the electorate. Section 4. Severability. 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 declared to be severable. Section 5. This amendment shall take effect upon approval by the electorate.