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.i <br /> FOREWORD <br /> In 1963 the Legislature of the State of Hawaii enacted Act 73 enabling the Counties of <br /> the State of Hawaii to establish charter commissions to study the existing government <br /> • <br /> of the respective counties and to recommend and draft charters upon determination <br /> that a charter form of government is fit and desirable. <br /> Accordingly, the County of Hawaii created charter commissions whose study and <br /> work began in 1964 and ended in 1968 with the adoption of this <br /> Charter b <br /> P thepeople <br /> Yof <br /> .. <br /> the County of Hawaii. <br /> This initial Charter,which became effective on January 2,1969,served as the"consti- <br /> tution"of the government of the County of Hawaii, and provided the basic framework <br /> for the organization and operation of the county government. It also provided for the <br /> orderly transition to the new form of government and for amendments or revisions by <br /> ordinance oretition <br /> p and by mandatory review every ten years. <br /> As required, the mandatory charter review was done in 1979,and thirteen revisions <br /> were proposed by a duly appointed Charter Commission. At a special election held on <br /> November 3, 1979, ten of the thirteen proposals were adopted by the electorate and are <br /> reflected in this edition. <br /> I <br />