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§ 36 -1 HAWAII COUNTY CODE "Redistricting cycle" means that period of time when the United States Census Bureau conducts a census of the population of the United States of America in the census year folloNved by redistricting in the redistricting year, and culminates with the next general election following redistricting. "Region" means one of six geographical areas which includes: Puna, comprised of Upper and LoNver Puna; Ilona, comprised of North and South Ilona; Iohala, comprised of North and South Iohala Hilo, comprised of North and South Hilo; Ia`u and Hamalcua. "Socio- economic group" means a group that shares both economic and social characteristics. "Standard of fairness principles" means that the commission shall use honesty, morality, and fairness in its decisions regarding redistricting. "Total deviation" means the overall range used to measure the population equality of a plan; the difference between the council district with the most negative percentage deviation and the council district with the most positive percentage deviation. "United States census year" means those years ending in the numeral zero such as 2010, 2020, etc. "Vote dilution" means the limitation of the effectiveness of a particular group's vote by political gerrymandering. (2011, Ord. No. 11 -29, sec. 2.) Article 2. Training. Section 36 -2. Training. Commissioners shall be trained in redistricting law and the code of ethics by the office of the corporation counsel or its designated agent, and may be provided any other training by appropriate personnel to enable the commission to be efficient and educated on this topic. (2011, Ord. No. 11 -29, sec. 2.) Article 3. Redistricting Criteria. Section 36 -3. Established criteria. The commission shall adhere to the criteria in establishing boundaries of the council districts set forth in section 3 -17, subsection (g) of the Charter. (2011, Ord. No. 11 -29, sec. 2.) Section 36 -4. Additional criteria. In addition to the established criteria, the commission shall also adhere to the following criteria in establishing boundaries of the council districts: (1) Council districts shall have approximately equal, permanent, resident populations, as required by applicable constitutional provisions to prevent vote dilution to the maximum degree practicable. (2) Nonresident military personnel, nonresident militaiy dependents, nonresident students, and foreign nationals or aliens shall be excluded from the permanent, resident population base used to calculate each proposed council district's population and its deviations from an ideal council district's population, if practicable. (3) An ideal council district's population number shall be used to determine by what percentage each council district's population deviates from the population of an ideal council district. (4) The number of council districts to which a region is entitled shall be determined by adding together the permanent resident population according to the United States census for the applicable United States census year within each region and dividing that number by an ideal council district's population. SUPP. 12 (7 -2011) 3 6 -2