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COUNTY OF HAWAIJ is STATE OF HAWAII
ILL NO. 179
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE XIII, SECTION 13-8 OF THE HAWAII
COUNTY CHARTER(2020), RELATING TO TERMS OF OFFICE OF DEPARTMENT
HEADS INT E EXECUTIVE BRANCH FOR THOSE AGENCIES UNDER THE i
MANAGING DIRECTOR.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Article XIII, section 13-8 of the Hawaii County Charter(2020), is
amended to read as follows:
"Section 13-8. Term of Office of Department Heads.
(a) [The] Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the term of office of
department heads, deputies and assistants shall be co-terminous with that of the
appointing authority; provided, that where a successor has not been appointed, a
department head, deputy or assistant, as the case may be, shall continue in office
pending such appointment. The council shall confirm or deny confirmation within
sixty days of the appointment of any department head. If the council does not act
within sixty days, the department head shall be deemed to be confirmed. The
department head shall take office upon appointment but shall not continue in office
if the council denies confirmation.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision in this charter to the contrary within sixt�da
the council term beginning on December 5 2022 and within sixty days of the
beginning of every alternate council term thereafter, the council shall approve or
deny the retention of each department head who was appointed pursuant to article
VI of this charter. If the council does not act within sixty days the department
head shall be deemed to be retained."
SECTION 2. Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New charter
material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or printing these charter provisions for
inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawaii, the reviser need not include the brackets,
bracketed and stricken material, and underscoring.
SECTION 3. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications
of the ordinance, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to
this end, the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
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SECTION 4. Upon adoption of this ordinance, this Council, by appropriate resolution,
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shall provide that this amendment be submitted to the electorate of Hawaii County for approval
in the general election.
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SECTION 5. The charter amendment proposed in this ordinance shall take effect upon
its approval by a majority of voters voting on this legislation in the 2022 general election, as duly
certified.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, OUNTY OF HAWAII
Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1 st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Date of 3rd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE Comm. 818
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