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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. 257 19
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO
AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF HAWAII, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET
AND FINANCE, FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT TO IMPLEMENT MAIL-IN
VOTING FOR ALL ELECTIONS BEGINNING WITH THE 2020 PRIMARY
ELECTION, PURSUANT TO ACT 136, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2019.
WHEREAS, on June 25, 2019, Governor David Y. Ige signed into law Act 136, which
requires that all elections statewide are to be conducted by mail beginning with the 2020 primary
election; and
WHEREAS, Act 136 also requires the Department of Budget and Finance to appropriate
grant funds to the counties for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 for startup and transition
costs to implement mail-in voting statewide; and
WHEREAS, Hawai`i Revised Statutes, Section 46-7, requires that County departments
obtain the consent of the Council to enter into agreements with the Federal or State governments
respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by law to furnish, expend,
and receive any funds or other assistance in connection with projects being or to be undertaken
pursuant to those powers; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that in
accordance with Hawai`i Revised Statutes, Section 46-7, the Mayor of the County Hawai`i is
hereby authorized to execute on behalf of the County an agreement and related documents with
the State of Hawai`i, Department of Budget and Finance, to enable the County to accept funds to
implement mail-in voting for all elections beginning with the 2020 primary election.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Honorable Mayor Harry Kim; Director of Finance; County Clerk; and Director
of Finance, Department of Budget and Finance, State of Hawai`i.
Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 21st day of August , 20 19.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNC �M C •LINTY OF H WAI`I
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i CHUNG X
DAVID X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by EOFF X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
County of Hawaii on August 21, 2019
KIERKIEWICZ X
LEE LOY X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
RICHARDS X
VILLEGAS X
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