HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 683 Draft 01 2006-2008COUNT' OF HA'~~.I£I
STATE OF HA~IAI~I
RESOLUTION NO. 6$3 ~ ~$
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO TAKE
NECESSARY ACTION TO PLACE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY
ORDINANCE N0.08-80 ON THE 2008 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT.
WHEREAS, article XV of the Hawaii County Charter governs Charter amendments and
revisions; and
WHEREAS, the requirements for amending the Charter by ordinance are set out in
sections 15-1 and 15-2 of the Hawaii County Charter; and
WHEREAS, section 15-1 requires that an ordinance proposing a Charter amendment be
adopted after three readings on separate days and passed by the affirmative vote of two thirds of
the entire membership of the Hawaii County Council; and
WHEREAS, section 15-2 requires that upon adoption of such an ordinance the Council
shall by resolution provide that the proposed amendment be submitted to the electors of the
County for approval at the next general election and that the resolution shall provide for the
p~.iblication of the full text of the proposed amendments in at least two daily newspapers of
general circulation in the County at least forty-five days prior to submission to the electors of the
County; and
WHEREAS, section 11-119(b) Hawaii Revised Statutes requires that questions and
issues which are to be placed on the general election ballot be submitted to the Chief Election
Officer of the State of Hawaii not later than 4:30 p.m. on the sixtieth calendar day prior to the
election; and
WHEREAS, the next general election will be held on November 4, 2008; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 08-80 which proposes an amendment to article XI of the
Hawaii County Charter 2000 (2006 Edition), Initiative and Referendum, by repealing the article
in its entirety and replacing with new language was adopted after three readings on the following
dates by the following votes:
Reading Date Votes
First Reading March 25, 2008 7 ayes, 2 noes
Second Reading Apri19, 2008 6 ayes, 3 noes
Third Reading Apri122, 2008 8 ayes, 1 no
WHEREAS, September 5, 2008, is the sixtieth calendar day prior to the next scheduled
general election; and
$~'I-I~:I~E.~.'~, Soptenzber 20. ?fJt~~B. ~~ the fort,.°-tit=~ ,Jay prior to the next scheduled
~,erterai election; now, tl,ereiore,
I3I:' IT RT;SOLVEll fi`r' THI+: COliNCIL OF TII~ COUNTY OF HAWAII that it
hereby directs the County Clerk of the County of Hawa~i`i to take all necessary steps provided for
in all applicable provisions of the Hawaii County Charter and the Hawaii Revised Statutes
within the prescribed time limits for placing the Charter amendment proposed by Ordinance No.
08-80 on the 200n General Election ballot for approval by the voters of the County.
BE IT 1" URTHER RESOLVED that those actions include but are not limited to
submission of the ballot question to Kevin B. Cronin, Chief Election Officer of the State of
Hawaii prior to 4:30 p.m., September 5, 2008, pursuant to section 11-119(b) Hawaii Revised
Statutes and pa.iblication of the full text of the Charter amendment proposed by Ordinance No.
08-80 in the Hawaii "Tribune Herald and the West Hawaii Today, two newspapers of general
circulation in the County, prior to September 20, 2008, the forty-fifth day prior to the 2008
CTeneral Election pursuant to section 15-2 of the Hawaii County Charter.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that certified copies of this resolution be sent to Kevin
13. Cronin, Chief Election Officer of the State of Hawaii and Casey Jarman, County Clerk for
the County of Hawaii.
Dated at i Kona _, Hawaii, this 23rd -day of -July , 2008.
County of flawai`i
Hilo, Hawaii
[ hcrebv certif~~ that the foregoing RESOLLtTION was by
t!,e vote indicated to the fight hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
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