2004-03 Council Member Term Limits Article III, Section 3-2, Hawaii County Charter

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2. The bill did not propose inserting into the Charter any provisions relating to: i) effective date; ii) whether to count terms served by Council members prior to the effective date of the proposed amendment; iii) whether to count terms won in the 1996 Primary Election (45 days before the proposed amendment was to have appeared on the 1996 General Election ballot) ; and iv) whether to count terms won simultaneously with the approval of the proposed amendment. 3. There were no such provisions in the rest of the bill. 4 . SECTION 5 of the bill stated: Upon adoption of the ordinance, this Council, by appropriate resolution shall provide that this amendment be submitted to the electorate of the County for approval at the next general election. 5. On December 12, 1994, Council Chair Elroy T. L. Osorio approved the request of the Chair of the Finance Committee (Rath) , to waive committee referral. (A copy of the letter requesting and approving the waiver is attached as Exhibit "A". ) As a result, the bill was not considered by a committee and there was no committee report produced to express the intent and purpose of the bill. 6. Pursuant to Section 15-1 (a) , Article XV, Hawaii County Charter, the bill passed three readings. 7. The bill was first considered on December 21, 1994 . It passed first reading by a 9-0 vote. Although there was limited discussion on the bill, there was no discussion of the issues of effective date and computation of term limits. 8. The bill was considered again on January 4, 1996 and it was passed on second reading by a vote of 7 yes and 2 absent. Again, although there was discussion, it was limited to whether council terms should be extended from two to four years. 9. The bill passed final reading on January 20, 1996 by a vote of 8 yes and 1 no. There was no discussion of the bill. 7 �.