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COUNTY OF HAWAII �:•- STATE OF HAWAII
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BILL NO. 260
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII COUNTY
CHARTER(2010) BY AMENDING ARTICLE VI, CHAPTER 9, BY CREATING A NEW
SECTION RELATING TO A GAME MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Article VI, Chapter 9, of the Charter of the County of Hawai`i (2010), is
amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated as follows:
"Section 6-9. . Game Management Advisory Commission.
There shall be a game management advisory commission consisting of nine members
who shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council. One member shall be a
resident of each council district. The terms of the members shall be as prescribed in Section 13-
4. The commission shall select its chairperson from its voting members, and five voting
members shall constitute a quorum.
For the benefit of present and future generations, the game management advisory
commission shall advise County, State and Federal agencies on matters related to the
preservation of subsistence hunting and fishing, as well as protecting traditional and cultural
gathering rights. The commission may also advise County, State, and Federal agencies on any
matter affecting the taking and conservation of aquatic life and wildlife, including proposed
rules, and shall communicate its findings and recommendations to these agencies. The
commission shall promulgate recommendations that conserve and protect the natural and
cultural resources of Hawai`i in furtherance of the self-sufficiency and long-term subsistence
sustainability of aquatic life and wildlife in the County. The commission shall provide reports or
legislative recommendations to the council as necessary, or at least quarterly."
SECTION 2. Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New charter
material is underscored. 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 brackets,
bracketed material, or 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
this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this
end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 4. Upon adoption of this ordinance, this council, by appropriate resolution
shall provide that this charter amendment be submitted to the electorate of Hawai` i County for
approval at the 2012 general election.
SECTION 5. The charter amendment proposed in this ordinance shall take effect upon
approval by a majority of voters voting on this legislation in the 2012 general election.
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REFERENCE: Comm: 730
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