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COUNTY OF HAWAI`I STATE OF HAWAI`I
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BILL NO. 152
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 3-18,
OF THE CHARTER OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAPI (2024 EDITION), RELATING TO
THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I:
SECTION 1. Article III, section 3-18, of the Charter of the County of Hawaii (2024
Edition) is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) The county auditor shall submit an annual budget to the county council. The county auditor
on behalf of the county council shall hire the necessary staff, which may include a deputy,
for which appropriations have been made by the county council. The county auditor shall
exercise the same power with respect to the employees within the auditor's office as the
department heads in the executive branch."
SECTION 2. New charter material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or
printing these charter provisions for inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawaii, the
revisor need not include the 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 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.
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Date of Introduction:
Date of 1 st Reading:
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Effective Date:
REF MCE 858
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY OF HAWAI`I
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I
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