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<br />DAPHNE HONMA <br />EDMUND HAITSUKA CASEY JARMAN <br />Chairman JAMAE KAWAUCHI <br />JOSEPH KEALOHA <br />DAVID FUERTES <br />ALAPAKI NAHALE-A <br />Vice Chair <br />SUSIE OSBORNE <br />TODD SHUMWAY <br />SCOTT UNGER <br />2009-2010 <br />HAWAI‘I COUNTY <br />CHARTER COMMISSION <br />To: Chair Edmund K. Haitsuka and <br /> Members of the Hawai‘i County Charter Commission <br />From: Levi K. Hookano, Attorney <br />Date: July 29, 2009 <br />RE: Legality of Charter Amendment CA-2: Moving Data Systems From Article V to <br />Article VI. <br />Dear Chair Haitsuka and Members of the Hawai‘i County Charter Commission, <br /> During the July 17 meeting of the Hawai‘i County Charter Commission (“Commission”), <br />I was tasked with verifying the legality of various proposed charter amendments. This memo <br />will discuss the legality of charter amendment CA-2, which moves Data Systems from Article V <br />to Article VI. <br /> In my opinion, there are no legal issues with proposing this amendment. Moving Data <br />Systems to Article VI would place it under the direct supervision of the county’s managing <br />director. This would be consistent with the duties of the managing director as contained in <br />section 6-1.2 of the charter. According to section 6-1.2(b), the managing director shall <br />“supervise the administrative functioning of all agencies, departments, boards, and <br />commissions.” Since the Data Systems Department is classified as a department by the charter, <br />it may be legally moved to Article VI under the supervision of the managing director. <br /> If you have any further questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact <br />me. <br /> Levi Hookano <br /> Charter Commission Attorney <br />1 <br />