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.OJNtY OF.............y.•.. <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII .' STATE OF HAWAII <br /> �rE of•N''� <br /> BILL NO. 153 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XV OF THE <br /> HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER(2016 EDITION), BY ADDING A NEW SECTION <br /> RELATING TO FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. Article XV of the Hawai`i County Charter(2016 Edition), is amended by <br /> adding a new section to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows: <br /> "Section 15- . Fiscal Impact Statement. <br /> Fiscal impact statements shall be prepared by the department of finance for <br /> all proposed amendments or revisions to this charter. Each fiscal impact <br /> statement should, as much as practicable, be written in a manner that can be easily <br /> understood by voters and shall include, but not be limited to, an estimate of the <br /> immediate and any potential future effects the proposed charter amendment or <br /> revision, if enacted, will have on county revenues, expenditures, taxes, and fiscal <br /> liabilities. Such statements may also include graphics to illustrate the fiscal <br /> impact of the proposed amendment or revision in the context of county resources. <br /> Fiscal impact statements shall be completed at least sixty calendar days prior <br /> to the election at which the proposed amendment or revision will be placed on the <br /> ballot and shall appear on the county website and be made available for inclusion <br /> in any voter information pamphlet which addresses county ballot propositions. <br /> The council may by ordinance prescribe additional requirements or <br /> refinements to the provisions of this section." <br /> SECTION 2. New charter material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or <br /> printing these charter provisions for inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawai`i, the reviser <br /> need not include the underscoring. <br /> SECTION 3. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person <br /> or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of <br /> the ordinance, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this <br /> end, the provisions of this ordinance are severable. <br /> SECTION 4. Upon adoption of this ordinance, this council, by appropriate resolution, <br /> shall provide that this amendment be submitted to the electorate of Hawai`i County for approval <br /> in the 2018 general election. <br />