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ORDINANCE NO.
STATE OF HAWAII
07 53 BILL NO.
63
(Draft 2)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15, ARTICLE 7, SECTION 15 -62, HAWAII
COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION) RELATING TO MEMBERSHIP AND TENURE OF
THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The Veterans Advisory Committee acts in an advisory capacity to the
mayor and the council concerning all matters pertaining to veterans cemeteries and makes
recommendations on other veterans- related issues in the County. The Camp Tarawa Detachment
#1255 of the Marine Corps League was chartered on October 5, 2006, and is headquartered in
Waikoloa, Hawaii. The County Council finds that the Camp Tarawa Detachment #1255 of the
Marine Corps League, like the other veterans groups which are represented on the committee,
should be represented on the Veterans Advisory Committee.
SECTION 2. Chapter 15, article 7, section 15 -62, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005
edition), is amended to read as follows:
"Section 15 -62. Membership and tenure.
(a) The members shall serve staggered terms of five years.
(b) The membership of the committee shall include one representative each from the
American Legion, Big Island National Guard Retirees Association, Big Island
Retired Military Association, Club 100, Disabled American Veterans, Hawai'i
Island Veterans Memorial, Inc., 442nd Veterans Association, Hilo Interpreters
Club, Hawai'i Island Women Veterans Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the
Veterans of the Vietnam War, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, [and) the
Korean War Veterans Organization and the Camp Tarawa Detachment #1255 of the
Marine Corps League. The committee shall also include three at -large members.
(c) Initially, two members shall be appointed for a term of one year, two members shall
be appointed for a term of two years, three members shall be appointed for a term of
three years, three members shall be appointed for a term of four years, and three
members shall be appointed for a term of five years.
(d) Any vacancy on the committee shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired
term, but members whose terms have expired may continue to serve until their
successors have been appointed and confirmed.
(e) Members shall be eligible to succeed themselves for an additional term, provided
that no member shall serve on the committee for more than two consecutive terms."
SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to
any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect 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. 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 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon approval.
Hilo , Hawai`i
Date of Introduction:
March
9, 2007
Date of 1st Reading:
March
9, 2007
Date of 2nd Reading:
March
21, 2007
Effective Date:
April
4, 2007
REFERENCE: Comm. 202.2
2
Introduced By:
Date Introduced:
First Reading:
Published:
REMARKS:
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
County of Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii
Pete Hoffmann
March 9, 2007
March 9, 2007
N/A
Second Reading: March
21, 2007
To Mayor:
March
28, 2007
Returned:
April
4,
2007
Effective:
April
4,
2007
Published:
April
23,
2007
REMARKS:
1 DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was
indicated above.
APPROVED AS TO
FORM AND LEGALITY
DEPUTY CORPORATION COUNSEL
COUNTY OF HAWAII
Date 'C52� 0-7
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Ikeda
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Jacobson
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Naeole
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Yagong
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Yoshimoto
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Higa
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Naeole
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Pilago
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Yagong
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Yoshimoto
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the County Council published as
w COUNTY CLERK
Bill No.: 63 (Draft 2)
Reference: C- 202.2 /Waived —PSPRC
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