HomeMy WebLinkAboutCA-12 Initiation of Amendments or Revisions Draft 2CHARTER AMENDMENT NO.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I:
Section 1. Article XV, section 15-1, Hawai‘i County Charter, is amended to read as
follows, with added language underscored and deleted language bracketed:
“Section 15-1. Initiation of Amendments or Revisions.
Amendments or revisions of this charter may be initiated only in the following
manner:
(a) By ordinance of the council adopted after three readings on separate days
and passed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the entire membership.
(b) By petition presented to the council, signed by qualified electors equal in
number to at least twenty percent of the [registered voters for] votes cast
in the last preceding general election, setting forth the proposed
amendments or revisions. Such petition shall designate and authorize not
less than three nor more than five of the signers thereto to approve any
alteration or change in the form or language or any restatement of the text
of the proposed amendments or revisions which may be made by the
corporation counsel.
Each elector signing such petition shall print their [names, add their signatures,
residence address, and the dates of signing on said petition] name, which shall be
reasonably similar to their name as it appears on the general county register for the
County of Hawai‘i, residence address, and add their signature, month and day of their
birth date, and the last four digits of their social security number on said petition.
Signatures may be on separate sheets but each sheet shall have appended to it the
affidavit of some person that to the best of the affiant’s knowledge and belief the persons
whose signatures appear on the sheet are registered electors of the county, that they
signed with knowledge of the contents of the petition and that their residences are
correctly given.
Upon filing of such petition with the council, the county clerk shall examine the
same to see whether it contains a sufficient number of apparently genuine signatures of
registered voters. The clerk may question the genuineness of any signature appearing on
the petition or affidavit. If the clerk finds that any such signature on the petition or
affidavit is not genuine, the clerk shall disregard such signature. The clerk shall eliminate
any sheet of the petition which is not accompanied by a valid affidavit. The invalidity of
any sheet shall not affect the validity of the petition if a sufficient number of signatures
remain after eliminating such invalid sheet. The clerk shall complete the examination of
the petition within [twenty] thirty working days.”
Section 2. This amendment shall take effect upon approval by the electorate.