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HONOLULU CHARTER Art. 1 ec. 3-105 • ARTICLE III LEGISLATIVE BRANCH • CHAPTER 1 • COUNCIL . • Section 3-101. Legislative Power. The legislative power of the city shall be vested in and exercised by the city council, except as otherwise provided by this charter. • • Section 3-102. Number, Election and Terms of Office of Councilmen. The council shall consist of nine members.One member shall be elected from each of the nine districts hereinafter provided. The terms of office of councilmen shall be four years beginning at twelve o'clock meridian on the second day of January • following their election. Section 3-103. Reapportionment and Reapportionment Years. 1. The year 1973 and every eighth year thereafter shall be reapportionment years. 2. A council reapportionment commission shall be constituted on or before the first day of July of each reapportionment year and whenever reappor- tionment is required by court order. The commission shall consist of nine mem- bers. The presiding officer of the council shall, with the approval of the council. select the members of the commission, no more than a majority of whom shall be from the same political party. The commission shall elect a chairman from among its members. Any • vacancy in the commission shall be filled in the same manner as for an original appointment. The commission shall act by majority vote of its membership and shall establish its own procedures:The members of this commission shall not, in any manner,be deemed officers of the city.The commission and its members shall be subject only to the provisions of this section of the charter. Commission members shall be compensated and reimbursed for their necessary expenses as provided by ordinance. No member of the commission shall be eligible to become a candidate for election to the council in the initial election held under any reapportionment plan adopted by the commission. The city clerk, under the direction of the commission, shall furnish all necessary technical and secretarial services. The council shall appropriate funds to enable the commission to carry out its duties. 3. In effecting reapportionment, the commission shall be guided by the following criteria: (a) No district shall be so drawn as to unduly favor a person or political faction. (b) Districts, insofar as practicable, shall be contiguous and compact. (c) District lines shall,where possible,follow permanent and easily recog- nized features,and,when practicable,shall coincide with census tract boundaries. ' 4. On or before January 2 of the year following appointment, the corn- mission shall file with the city clerk a reapportionment plan, which shall become effective upon filing. 5. Any registered voter may petition the proper-court to compel, by mandamus or otherwise, the appropriate person or persons to perform their duty or to correct any error made in a reapportionment plan, or the court may take such other action to effectuate the purposes of this section_as it may deem appropriate. Any such petition must be filed within forty-five days of the date specified for any duty or within forty-five days after the filing of a reapportion- ment plan. • Case Notes • "Be from"same political party means"belong to";provision not unconstitutionally vague.56 H.519,542 P.2d 1272.