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SECTION 4. Upon adoption of this ordinance, this council, by appropriate <br />resolution, shall provide that this amendment be submitted to the electorate of Hawaii <br />County for approval in the 2018 general election. <br />SECTION 5. The charter amendment proposed in this ordinance shall take <br />effect upon its approval by a majority of voters voting on this legislation in the 2018 <br />general election, as duly certified. <br />BALLOT QUESTION <br />PROPOSAL NO. 2: Fiscal Impact Statements for Amendments to the Hawaii County <br />Charter <br />Shall Article XV of the County Charter be amended to require that any proposed <br />amendment to the County Charter be accompanied by a Fiscal Impact Statement that <br />describes the immediate and potential future effects that proposed amendment would <br />have on County revenues, expenditures, taxes, and fiscal liabilities, and that the Fiscal <br />Impact Statements be provided to voters no less than sixty (60) calendar days prior to the <br />election where the proposed change is to be voted on by posting on the County website <br />and by being made available for inclusion in any voter information pamphlet on County <br />ballot propositions? <br />If you agree with Proposal No. "2," vote yes. <br />If you disagree with Proposal No. "2," vote no. <br />FULL TEXT OF PROPOSAL NO. 2 <br />ORDINANCE NO. 18-76 <br />AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XV OF THE <br />HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER (2016 EDITION), BY ADDING A NEW <br />SECTION RELATING TO FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`L• <br />SECTION 1. Article XV of the Hawaii County Charter (2016 Edition), is <br />amended by adding a new section to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows: <br />"Section 15- . Fiscal Impact Statement. <br />Fiscal impact statements shall be prepared by the department of finance for <br />all proposed amendments or revisions to this charter. Each fiscal impact <br />statement should, as much as practicable, be written in a manner that can be <br />easily understood by voters and shall include, but not be limited to, an estimate <br />of the immediate and any potential future effects the proposed charter <br />amendment or revision, if enacted, will have on county revenues, expenditures, <br />taxes, and fiscal liabilities. Such statements may also include graphics to <br />