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COUNTY OF HAWAII :•: ' STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 253
(DRAFT 2)
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 3-6
OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER(2012 EDITION), RELATING TO THE TERM
OF APPOINTMENT FOR THE COUNTY CLERK.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Article III, section 3-6 of the Hawai`i County Charter (2012 Edition), is
amended to read as follows:
"Section 3-6. Organization of the Council; Officers; Employees.
(a) The council shall elect from among its members a chairperson and a vice
chairperson, each of whom shall serve at its pleasure. Until such time as the
chairperson and presiding officer shall be elected, the mayor shall preside at such
meeting, provided that the mayor shall not have a vote. The chairperson shall
preside at council meetings. If at any meeting the chairperson is not present or
unable to act, the vice chairperson shall then preside. In the absence of the
chairperson and vice chairperson, the council shall elect from among its members
a temporary presiding officer.
(b) The council shall appoint the county clerk which position shall be exempt from
civil service laws and classifications. The county clerk shall serve for a period of
four years, and thereafter, until a successor is appointed. The council, by a two-
thirds vote of its membership, may remove the county clerk from office at any
time. The county clerk shall:
(1) Be the clerk of the council.
(2) Be custodian of the county seal.
(3) Conduct all elections held within the county.
(4) Appoint the deputy county clerk, with the approval of the council, and
such position shall be exempt from civil service laws and classifications.
(5) Perform such other functions as the council may prescribe.
(6) Appoint necessary staff for which appropriations have been made by the
council, subject to civil service laws and classifications, and exercise the
same power with respect to the personnel of the clerk's office as the
department heads in the executive branch, with the exception of the office
of the legislative auditor."
SECTION 2. 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 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 Hawai`i County for approval
in the 2014 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 2014 general election, as duly
certified, and shall apply to the term of the County Clerk appointed by the County Council
inaugurated for the 2014-2016 Council term.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I
, Hawai`i
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Date of 3rd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE Comm. 876.4
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