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111 <br /> PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT "2" <br /> BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. Article XI, Hawaii County Charter, is amended to <br /> read as follows: <br /> "Section 11-1. The Powers of Initiative and Referendum. <br /> (a) The power of voters to propose ordinances [ (except as <br /> provided in Section 11-2) ] shall be the initiative power. <br /> (b) The power of voters to approve or reject ordinances by <br /> election [ (except . as provided in Section 11-2) ] shall be the <br /> referendum power. <br /> Section 11-[3]2. Submission Requirements. <br /> • (a) Voters seeking to propose an ordinance by initiative shall <br /> submit an initiative petition addressed to the council and <br /> containing the full text of the proposed ordinance. The <br /> initiative petition shall be filed with the clerk of the council <br /> at least forty-eight hours prior to any regular council meeting. <br /> (b) Voters seeking referendum on an ordinance shall submit a <br /> referendum petition addressed to the council, identifying the <br /> particular ordinance and requesting that it be either repealed or <br /> referred to the voters of the county. <br /> (c) Each initiative petition and each referendum petition must <br /> be signed by qualified voters of the county equal in number to at <br /> least fifteen percent of the total number of persons who voted in <br /> 111 the county [for the office of mayor] in the last preceding <br /> general election including persons who cast blank or spoiled <br /> 1009 <br />