HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0466.001 2010-2012BRENDA J. FORD
Council Member
District 7 - Central Kona
Phone: (808) 323 -4277
Fax: (808) 329- 4786
E -Mail: bford @co.hawaii.hi.us
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
West Hawaii Civic Center
74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy.
Kailua -Kona, Hawaii 96740
DATE: December 6, 2011
TO: Dominic Yagong, Chairperson,
and Members of the Hawai`i County Council
FROM: Brenda J. Ford, Council Member
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to Bill No. 142; Relating to a Charter Amendment to Section
10 -12 (Special Funds)
Please see below a proposed amendment to Bill No 142. The amendment is illustrated by
Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 142 (material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken through; material to be added is underscored):
... ' - . _ ] Special funds may be
created or abolished by ordinance as may be necessary for the proper and efficient segregation of
fiscal operations of the county."
A draft copy of Bill No. 142, Draft 2, is attached with this amendment incorporated therein.
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Hawai `i County Is An Equal Opportunity Provider And Employer
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ARTICLE X, FINANCIAL PROCEDURES, SECTION
10 -12, SPECIAL FUNDS, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER (2010 EDITION),
RELATING TO ESTABLISHING OR ABOLISHING SPECIAL FUNDS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Article X, Financial Procedures, Section 10 -12 of the Hawai`i County
Charter (2010 Edition), is amended to read as follows:
"Section 10 -12. Special Funds.
of fiscal operations of the county. ]
Special funds may be created or abolished by ordinance as may be necessary for
the proper and efficient segregation of fiscal operations of the county."
SECTION 2. New charter material is underscored. Material to be repealed is bracketed
and stricken. When revising, compiling, or printing these charter provisions for inclusion in the
Charter of the County of Hawai`i, the reviser need not include the underscoring.
SECTION 3. 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 of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 4. Upon adoption of this ordinance, this council, by appropriate resolution,
shall provide that this amendment be submitted to the electorate of Hawaii County for approval
in the 2012 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 2012 General Election, as
duly certified.