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BILL NO. 154
(DRAFT 2)
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 3-2
OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER (2014), RELATING TO COUNTY COUNCIL
TERMS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Article III, section 3-2 of the Hawai`i County Charter (2014), is
amended to read as follows:
"Section 3-2. Composition and Terms.
There shall be a county council composed of nine members. One member shall be
elected from each of nine districts. The terms of the council members shall be two years
and shall begin at twelve o'clock meridian on the first Monday of December after their
election. The terms of the council members shall not exceed [four consecutive] six
twoyear terms. Candidates shall be elected in accordance with the election laws of the
state, insofar as applicable."
SECTION 2. Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New
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 and stricken material, and 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 2016 general election.
SECTION 5. Each person who is duly reelected to serve as council member in
the 2016 elections, whether that be in the primary election or general election, shall be
eligible to serve up to five additional two-year terms of office without regard for how
many terms that person has already served as a council member, whether those previous
council terms were held consecutively or otherwise.
SECTION 6. Upon approval of the charter amendment proposed in this
ordinance by a majority of voters voting on this legislation in the 2016 general election,
as duly certified, this ordinance shall take effect at twelve o'clock meridian on December
5, 2016, and shall apply to the terms of all council members duly elected in the 2016
elections, whether that be in the primary election or general election, and any election
thereafter.
INTRODU ED BY:
COUNCIL MEM R, 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. 705.7
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