HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 134 09/16/1997 1996-1998 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
DATE: September 16, ] 997 Re: Comm. No. 463Bi11 No. 130
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 10:30 A.M.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Bill No. 130, reports as follows:
Bill No. 130, transmitted by Council Chair James Y. Arakaki, via Communication No. 463, dated
August 26, 1997, initiates a Charter amendment of the Hawaii County Charter (1991 Edition), as
amended, Article III, Section 3-4, relating to the Legislative Branch-County Council.
Currently, members of the Council are elected to serve for a period of two years as adopted by the
electorate in 1980. Since that time, not all Charter sections have been properly amended to reflect
this adjustment from four to two year terms. Therefore, the following section of the Charter relating
to a special election is moot.
Article 3, Section 3-4 of the Hawaii County Charter, relating to Council vacancies states, "If the
vacancy occurs more than two years before the end of the term, and sixty days or more before the
next regulazly scheduled primary election, the council shall, through itsclerk, immediately issue a
proclamation announcing that candidates shall be nominated to fill the unexpired term of the office
at a special primary election to beheld..."
Bill No. 130 proposes to correct present inconsistencies in the event of a vacancy within the County
Council.
Pursuant to Article XV, Section 15-1 of the Hawaii County Charter, amendments or revisions of the
Charter may be initiated by ordinance of the council adopted after three readings on sepazate days.
Upon adoption of the ordinance the council shall provide that the proposed amendments or
revisions be submitted to the electors of the county for approval at the next general election.
Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 130 and
recommends it pass first reading.
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SANTANGELO X
SMITH X
TYLER X AARON S.Y. CHUNG, CHAIR
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