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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 65 (Dcafr 2)
ORDINANCE NO.
nN ORDINANCE AMENDING CIIAPTER 2, ARTICLE 27, SECTION 2-153 OF'I'HE
HAWAII COIJN'hY CODF„ RELATING TO REVISIONS OF THE COUNTY CODE.
BE (T ORDAINED BY TILE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The County Council finds that it would enhance efficiency if the County clerk, rather
than the corporation counsel, prepared supplements to the Hawaii County Code. Technological
developments and the improved records management system allow the County clerk to maintain the
Hawaii County Code. Given these developments and the amendments to the Code made over the
years, the County Council also authorizes republication of the Code.
fhc Council also finds that the Code should be amended to use gender neutral terms when
referring to both genders.
SECTION 2. Chapter 2, Article 27, Section 12-153, Hawaii County Code is amended to read as
follows:
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sec++tsel] Semiannually, the County clerk shall prepare for publication aloose-leaf
supplement to the [#Iawaii] Hawaii County Code. The supplement shall contain all
ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted subsequent to the last revision,
republication, or supplement to the [I=Fawaii] Hawaii County Code.
(b) In preparing the supplement to the ~fIa~vait] Hawaii County Code or the republication
of a new edition, the [so~~~r~ti~-Eeuttsel] County clerk shall review all ordinances to be
included and may:
(1) Number and renumber chapters, sections, and parts of sections;
(2) Rearrange sections;
(3) Change reference numbers to agree with renumbered chapters, divisions,
or sections;
(4) Substitute the proper section or chapter numbers for the terms "the
preceding section," "this ordinance," and like terms;
(5) Strike out tigures where they are merely a repetition of written words;
(6) Change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity;
(7) Correct manifest clerical or typographical errors;
(8) Correct the spelling of Hawaiian words and names;
(9) Change any male or female Render term to a term which is neutral in
fender when it is clear that the ordinance is not applicable only to members
of one sex without altering the sense, meanin¢, or effect of any act; and
~ Make such other changes in any ordinance incorporated in the
supplements as shall be necessary to conform the style thereof as near as may
be with that of the last revision of the [~Iaw~ii] Hawaii County Code;
provided that the changes shall not alter the sense, meaning or effect of any
ordinance.
fhe matter set forth in the supplements shall be prima facie evidence of the law.
(c) The County clerk shall prepare and publish a June 30, 2005 edition of the Hawaii County
Code. After republication, the County clerk and the director of data systems shall ensure that the
Hawaii County Code is posted on the county's website and is updated as soon as possible at the end
of each quarter. Use of the code on the county website, however, is at the sole risk of the user. The
County makes no warranty or representation of any kind re ag
rding its content and shall not beheld
responsible for any unintentional omission, addition, or error in or loss of service or data; or for any
breakdown, interruption, or delay in service.
SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is
underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and underscoring need not
be included.
SEC"LION 4. 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 ofthis ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL ME B , COUNTY OF HAWAI`1
Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
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