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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 240 Draft 01 2022-2024 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS AND PRIORITIES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR INCLUSION IN THE 2024 HAWAI‘I STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE. WHEREAS, in October 2023, the Hawai‘i State Association of Counties (HSAC) Executive Committee will evaluate legislative proposals and priorities from each county for inclusion in the 2024 HSAC Legislative Package that will be presented to the Hawai‘i State Legislature when it convenes in January 2024; and WHEREAS, each proposal and priority must be approved by an HSAC member county prior to consideration by the HSAC Executive Committee; and WHEREAS, timely action is necessary for Hawai’i County Council to approve proposals and priorities to be considered for the 2024 HSAC package; and WHEREAS, legislative proposals submitted by Hawai’i County Council are listed below and copies attached hereto as Exhibit A: A Draft Bill for an Act Relating to Preemption and the Regulation of Tobacco Products (Repeal) A Draft Bill for an Act Relating to Traffic Regulation; and WHEREAS, legislative priorities submitted by the Hawai’i County Council are listed below: Legislation related to allowing counties to enact and enforce ordinances regulating persons who own, harbor, or keep any dog that has injured, maimed, or killed a person or an animal belonging to another person, Legislation related to supporting efforts to legally sell or donate wild-caught ungulate meat including, but not limited to, increasing meat inspectors on rural islands, Legislation related to supporting additional pathways for midwifery licensure and legalization of traditional midwifery, Legislation related to supporting extended producer responsibility with regards to solid waste, Legislation related to increasing the number of mental health service providers for children and adolescents in rural counties, Legislation related to financing residential cesspool conversions; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I that the legislative proposals as presented in Exhibit A and the legislative priorities listed above are hereby submitted to be considered for inclusion in the 2024 Hawai‘i State Association of Counties Legislative Package. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the President and Secretary of the Hawaiʻi State Association of Counties. Dated at _____________, Hawai‘i, this ______ day of ___________________, 20___. INTRODUCED BY: _______________________________________ COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawai‘i Hilo, Hawai‘i ROLL CALL VOTE    AYES NOES ABS EX   EVANS       GALIMBA       I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County of Hawai‘i on _____________________________________. INABA       KAGIWADA       KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER       KIERKIEWICZ      ATTEST: KIMBALL       LEE LOY       VILLEGAS              Reference:  COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO.