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"�tYOFp�, <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br /> TE OFNF'�: <br /> BILL NO. 54 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15,ARTICLE 7 OF THE HAWAII <br /> COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION,AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE <br /> VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. Purpose. The Veterans Advisory Committee recommended in 2014 that <br /> the County Code be amended to remove several inactive veterans organizations from the list of <br /> organizations required to be represented on the,committee. Because these organizations are no <br /> longer active, their representatives do not attend committee meetings. This results in a lack of <br /> quorum and hampers the committee's ability to conduct meetings. This bill would correct this <br /> situation by: removing inactive veterans organizations; adding two new veterans organizations; <br /> and reducing the required number of at large members from three to one. <br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 15, article 7, section 15-61, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 <br /> (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: <br /> "Section 15-61. Organization. <br /> The veterans advisory committee shall be composed of[sixteen] fourteen members, who <br /> shall be appointed by the mayor, confirmed by the council, and may be removed by the mayor <br /> with the approval of the council. In addition, the Hawai`i Island Veterans Services Counselor of <br /> the Office of Veterans Services (Department of Defense of the State of Hawai`i) and the Director <br /> of the Department of Parks and Recreation, or their designated representatives, shall serve as ex- <br /> officio members of the committee, without the power to vote." <br /> SECTION 3. Chapter 15, article 7, section 15-62, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 <br /> (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by amending subsection(b)to read as follows: <br /> "(b) The membership of the committee shall include one representative each from the American <br /> Legion, Big Island National Guard Retirees Association, Big Island Retired Military <br /> Association, [Club 100,] Disabled American Veterans, Hawai`i Island Veterans Memorial, <br /> Inc., [4112nd Veterans Association, Hilo Interpreters Club, Hawai`i Island Women Veterans <br /> Association,] Veterans of Foreign Wars, [the Veterans of the Vietnam War, the] Military <br /> Order of the Purple Heart, [the] Korean War Veterans Organization,. [and the] Camp <br />