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RULE NO. 14 RECONSIDERATION 1. A reconsideration motion is made when a Council or Committee member wishes to re- discuss and revote on a prior action and can be taken at the same meetingor at the next regular meeting, with the exception of bills that fail to pass final reading. Pursuant to Section 3-10(e) of the Hawai‘i County Charter, a motion to reconsider made at the time any bill fails to pass final reading shall not be voted upon until after twenty-four hours. The effect of granting reconsideration is to bring the entire matter back to the Council or Committee in the form it appeared prior to the last vote on the matter. It reopensthe motion for amendment. 2. When a motion has been made and carried in the affirmative or negative, any Council Member voting with the prevailing side may move for a reconsideration of the vote, unless the matter was approved unanimously by the members present. 3. Any Council Member who wishes to ask for a motion to reconsider at the next meeting must notify the Council or Committee Chairperson and County Clerk in writing of their intention to make such a motion within five (5) working days after the disposition of the motion to be reconsidered. 4. Bills and resolutions that have passed final reading shall remain in the possession of the Council and the County Clerk shall not transmit, file, or otherwise dispose of them until the time has expired for Council Members to notify the Council Chairperson and County Clerk in writing of their intention to make a motion to reconsider at the next meeting, unless it is deemed filed pursuant to ordinance, the time for its passage has expired by operation of law, or it was approved by unanimous vote of the membership present. 5. A motion for which notice of reconsideration was timely made shall be placed on the agenda for the next meeting under “Othes the reconsideration is taken at the same meeting as the original action. 6. If the motion to reconsider fails, the vote previously taken on the bill or resolution shall become final, and the County Clerk shall so note in the journal. 7. A motion can be reconsidered only once. 8. Any bill or resolution that has failed cannot be reintroduced in substantially the same form during a Council term. 14-1