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Section 3. Section 3-4 of the Hawaii County Charter is amended to read as follows: "Section 3-4. Vacancy in Office. When any vacancy occurs in the county council, the remaining members of the council shall appoint as a successor a person [of the same political party as the person succeeded] with the requisite qualifications to fill the vacancy. Within thirty days after the occurrence of any vacancy, the council chairperson shall notify all remaining members of the council by registered mail that on a specified regular meeting date, formal action shall be taken to fill the vacancy. Should the council fail to fill any vacancy within sixty days after its occurrence, the chairperson of the council shall appoint a successor to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The person appointed shall serve until a successor is duly elected and seated. [If the vacancy occurs less than sixty days before the next regularly scheduled primary election, the person appointed shall serve the entire unexpired term. If the vacancy occurs more than two years before the end of the term, and sixty days or more before the next regularly scheduled primary election, the council shall, through its clerk, immediately issue an election proclamation announcing that candidates shall be nominated to fill the unexpired term of the office at a special primary election to be held at the same time as the regularly scheduled primary election, and that the successor shall be elected at a special general election, to be held at the same time as the regularly scheduled general election. The proclamation shall also announce the date for the close of filing of nomination papers for the office, which shall be ten days after the issuance of the election proclamation, or sixty days before the primary election, whichever comes later. The election shall be held in accordance with the election laws of the state insofar as otherwise applicable. The person elected as the successor shall serve out the unexpired term of the person he succeeds commencing at 12 o'clock meridian on the first Monday of December following his election.]" Section 4. Section 5-1.4 of the Hawaii County Charter is amended to read as follows: "Section 5-1.4. Vacancy in Office. A vacancy in the office of mayor shall be filled by the managing director, or if the office of managing director is vacant, or during such periods as the managing director is unable to so act, by the finance director until a successor is duly elected and seated. If the vacancy occurs [less than sixty days before] after the filing deadline for the next regularly scheduled primary election, the managing director shall serve the entire unexpired term. [If the vacancy occurs more than two years before the end of the term, and sixty days or more before the next regularly scheduled primary election, the council shall, through its clerk, immediately issue an election proclamation announcing that candidates shall be nominated to fill the unexpired term of the office at a special primary election to be held at the same time as the regularly scheduled primary election, and that the successor shall be elected at a special general election, to be held at the same time as the regularly scheduled general election.] If the vacancy occurs before the filing deadline for COUN,125WINALIN PE.125