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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 06-151COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. ORDINANCE NO. 06 151 315 A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 42, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE, AND NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION FUND. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Article 42, Section 2 -214, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition), is amended to read as follows: Section 2 -214. Public access, open space, and natural resources preservation fund. (a) A public access, open space, and natural resources preservation fund is hereby established. This special fund shall be administered and managed by the finance department. (b) The fund shall consist of monies from: (1) The proceeds from the sale of any general obligation bonds, authorized and issued for the purposes of this article; (2) Council appropriations for the purposes of this article; (3) Any source of revenue dedicated by the Hawaii County Charter or the Hawaii County Code for the purposes of this article; [and] (4) Grants and private contributions intended for the purposes of this article; and (5) Two percent (2 %) of Hawaii County real property tax revenues collected annually (including penalties). (c) In adopting each fiscal year's operating budget, the council shall appropriate a minimum of $250,000 to the public access, open space, and natural resources /preservation fund. \1) [11A,71;en the uneneu-m-bered 1_ 1 - in the C d ( 6...:.,o of bond loll be A until 1- 1. 1 falls below $5,000,000-i (2) Nothing in this section shall prevent the council from appropriating amounts in excess of the above minimum amounts to this fund. SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 3. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity does not effect 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 declared to be severable. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval. Kona , Hawai`i Date of Introduction: July 19, 2006 Date of 1 st Reading: N/A Date of 2nd Reading: N/A Effective Date: December 15, 2006 REFERENCE: Comm. 96521 .� THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK COUNTY OF HAWAII In the Matter of ) A Proposed Initiative Amendment to the ) CERTIFICATE OF RESULTS Hawaii County Code ) CERTIFICATE OF RESULTS In compliance with Section I1 -156, Hawaii Revised Statutes, I, Constance R. Kiriu, County Clerk, County of Hawaii, in the capacity of the chief election officer of the County pursuant to Section 3- 6(b)(3) of the Hawaii County Charter, do hereby certify that the proposed initiative to amend the Hawaii County Code was submitted to the voters of the County of Hawaii on November 7, 2006. I hereby further certify that the proposed initiative amendment was duly approved by a majority of the voters voting upon said initiative amendment: Proposal l Should the Hawaii County Code section 2- 214(b) be amended to require the County to earmark two percent (2 %) of Hawaii County real property tax revenues collected annually (including penalties) for the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund; should section 2- 214(c) be amended to remove the existing $5,000,000 limit on the fund's balance; and should section 2- 214(d) that explains how the fund shall be used be removed from the Code? Voters voting "FOR" 27,566 Voters voting "AGAINST" 16,135 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the County of Hawaii, State of Hawaii to be affixed this -Ve y ofi��y 2006. QRWaU44 "�_ CONSTANCE R. KIRIU, Clerk County of Hawaii OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK County of Hawai i Kona, Hawaii Introduced By: Stacy K. Biga Date Introduced: July 19, 2006 First Reading: N/A Published: N/A REMARKS: July 19, 2006: The motion for approval of Bill 315 failed due to the respective "no" votes. November 7, 2006: Submitted to the voters of the County of Hawaii. Cerlificate of Results Adj g: November 28, 2006 To Mayor: December 12 2006 Returned: December 15, 2006 Effective: December 15, 2006 Published: January 8 2007 X REMARKS. November 7, 2006: The proposed initiative amendment was submitted to the voters of the County and duly approved by the majority of the voters. OTE AYE N EHoffman;n X Holschuh X Ikeda X Isbell X Jacobson X Pilago X Safarik X 0 8 1 0 CERTIFICATE OF RESULTS Should the Hawaii County Code section 2- 214(b) be amended to require the County to earmark two percent (2%)of Hawaii County real property tax revenues collected annually (including penalties) for the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund; should section 2- 214(c) be amended to remove the existing $5,000,000 limit on the fund's balance; and should section 2- 214(d) that explains how the fund shall be used be removed from the Code? Voters voting "FOR" 27,566 Voters voting "AGAINST" 16,135 1 DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was approved by the majority of the voters of the County of Hawaii published as indicated above. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY v CORPORATION COUNSEL COUNTY OF HAWAII o €t 4 2aos c tt^ Approved/ pproved this = day f �cc n,bai 20—' 0 OR, COU OF V HAWAII 315 C- 965.21 /Waived -FC Reference: Ord No.: 06 :15:1