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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> `~""+yy Phone: (808) 326-5421 <br /> BRENDA J FORD <br /> Fax: (808)329-4786 <br /> Council Member E-Mail: bford@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> District 7 - Central Kona <br /> Oi•M~~ <br /> <br /> <br /> HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL <br /> County of Hawai `i <br /> Kailua Trade Center o <br /> a) <br /> 75-5706 Hanama Place. Suite 109 ~ <br /> Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i 96740 0c-) <br /> <br /> r: <br /> DATE: March 13, 2008 :23 <br /> TO: Pete Hoffmann, Chair <br /> and Members of the Hawaii County Council <br /> <br /> FROM: )I <br /> Council J. Ford <br /> Council Member <br /> RE: Transmitting Bill 257, Draft 2 (Relating to a Charter Amendment to Article XI - <br /> Initiative and Referendum) <br /> <br /> <br /> Attached please find Bill 257, Draft 2. Bill 257, Draft 2 is a result of amendments proposed in <br /> Communication No. 1056.2 that were duly approved by the Public Works and Intergovernmental <br /> Relations Committee (PWIRC) during its meeting on March 11, 2008. <br /> <br /> The PWIRC further amended the proposed amendments contained within Communication No. <br /> 1056.2 by: <br /> <br /> 1. Reinserting "within ten working days of receipt of the alternative language" into the <br /> first sentence of subsection (f) of section 11-4. <br /> <br /> 2. Amending section 11-7, Results of Election, to read as follows: <br /> "(a) A "no" vote shall be a negative response. A non-vote, <br /> where there is no response, shall not be counted <br /> affirmatively or negatively. <br /> (b) If a majority of the voters voting upon a proposed initiative <br /> ordinance shall vote in favor of it, the ordinance involved <br /> shall thereupon be an ordinance of the county. A proposed <br /> initiative ordinance which is not approved by a majority of <br /> the voters on it shall thereupon be repealed. Gomm, No, •i~7~ <br /> Ref. Tow Pre"&W# rwIK& <br /> Ref. Date MAR 1 1 2npg <br /> <br /> < a;:~e as~~ 0,.d ~ <br />