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COUNTY OF HAWAII �:�--�'-��:•
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144 OF NI .•
BILL NO. 213
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15,ARTICLE 7, OF THE HAWAII
COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION,AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE
VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to expand the scope of the
powers and duties of the Veterans Advisory Committee. At this time, the Veterans Advisory
Committee is authorized to act in an advisory capacity to the Mayor and Council for matters
concerning veterans cemeteries in the County of Hawai`i. Only at the request of the Mayor or
the Council shall the committee shall discuss and make recommendations on other veterans-
related issues.
Mayor Harry Kim has requested that the Veterans Advisory Committee be authorized to
initiate discussions and formulate recommendations, on its own accord, regarding homelessness,
health care, unemployment, and other issues relating to Hawai`i County's veterans. The purpose
of this ordinance is to allow the Veterans Advisory Committee to initiate discussions and make
recommendations on veterans-related issues and concerns without a prior request by the Mayor
or the Council.
SECTION 2. Chapter 15, article 7, section 15-64, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983
(2016 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows:
"Section 15-64. Powers and duties of the committee.
It shall be the duty of the committee to act in an advisory capacity to the mayor and the
council concerning all matters pertaining to the operation, management, and maintenance of the
veterans cemeteries in the County[.-], and discuss and make recommendations on issues affecting
veterans residing in Hawai`i County. At the request of the mayor or the council,the committee
shall discuss and make recommendations on other specific veterans-related issues. The
committee may recommend such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for the
enhancement and proper management of the veterans cemeteries, or for the orderly transaction of
matters referred to it."
SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is
underscored. In printing this ordinance,the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, and
underscoring need not be included.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid,the invalidity does not affect other provisions or
applications of the ordinance that can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
(Nedit."44)-/6-
COUNCIL MEMBER, C TY OF HAWAII
, Hawai`i
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE Comm. 1172
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