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BILL NO. 263
ORDINANCE NO. (DRAFT 3)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 40, SECTION 2-207 OF THE
HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE
SCOPE AND DUTIES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2, article 40, section 2-207, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983
(2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows:
"Section 2-207. Environmental management commission.
There shall be an environmental management 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
of the Hawai`i County Charter. The environmental management commission shall advise the
department on solid waste and wastewater programs, waste reduction strategies, recycling, litter
control, community involvement, and other issues, including any pilot project or program,
related to the functions of the department, and shall exercise any other powers related to the
functions of the department that may be delegated to it by ordinance. The commission shall also
provide its comments and recommendations on these matters to the council. The commission
shall hear and determine appeals from decisions of the director, including orders and denials of
variances.
The director and commission shall each submit comments and recommendations on all
legislation relating to the functions and duties of the department, including any ordinance to
amend chapter 20 or chapter 21 of this Code, to the council prior to council action. Comments
and recommendations shall be provided to the council within forty five days of receipt. In the
event that the commission fails to act within the forty-five-day review period, such inaction shall
be considered as an unfavorable recommendation."
SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is
underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and stricken material
and underscoring need not be included.
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 declared to be severable.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
, Hawai`i
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE Comma 737.4
INTRODUCED BY:
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