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AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, CHAPTER 10, SECTION 6-10.3, OF THE CHARTER OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAIʻI (2024 EDITION), RELATING TO THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I:
SECTION 1. Article VI, chapter 10, section 6-10.3, of the Charter of the County of Hawaiʻi (2024 Edition) is amended to read as follows:
“Section 6-10.3. Director.
The director of environmental management shall be appointed by the mayor, confirmed by the council, and may be removed by the mayor. The director shall have had a minimum of five years
of responsible administrative experience in [a related field and an engineering degree or a degree in a related field.] public administration, private business, or related fields.”
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 Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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 Hawai‘i, the revisor need not include the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, and underscoring.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does 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.
SECTION 4. Upon adoption of this ordinance, the Council, by appropriate resolution, shall provide that this charter amendment be submitted to the electorate of the County of Hawaiʻi
for approval in the 2026 general election.
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 2026 general election, as duly
certified.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
_______________, Hawai‘i
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