HomeMy WebLinkAboutComm No 0023.01 - Transmit CA-8 for First ReadingDouglass Shipman Adams
Chairperson
Jennifer Leilani Zelko-Schlueter
Vice Chairperson
2018-2020
HAWAII COUNTY
CHARTER COMMISSION
Date: January 14, 2019
To: Members of the Hawai`i County Charter Commission
From: Douglass Shipman Adams, Chair
Hawai`i County Charter Commission
William Carthage Bergin
Michelle Galimba
Paul K. Hamano
Kevin D. Hopkins
Bobby Jean Akane Leithead Todd
Sarah H. Rice
Christopher John Imiloa Roehrig
Marcia A.K. Saquing
Donna Mae Springer
RE: Transmitting CA -8 for First Reading; Proposed Amendment to Section 3-2 —
Relating to Terms of Office for Council Members; Submitted by Commissioner
Rice
Please find attached CA -8 as properly formatted for First Reading.
CA -8 passed Initial Approval on January 11, 2019, during the reconvened December 14,
2018, sixth session of the Hawai`i County Charter Commission, and will be placed on the
January 25, 2019, meeting agenda for First Reading.
Should you have any questions, please contact our Commission Analyst, Jon Henricks.
DSA/jdh
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Comm. No. 23.1
CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. CA -8
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
Section 1. Article III, Section 3-2, of the Hawai`i County Charter (2018 Edition),
is amended to read as follows:
"Section 3-2. Composition and Terms.
There shall be a county council composed of nine members. One member shall
be elected from each of nine districts. The terms of the council members shall be [two]
four years and shall begin at twelve o'clock meridian on the first Monday of December
after their election. The terms of the council members shall not exceed [few] two
consecutive [two] four year terms. Candidates shall be elected in accordance with the
election laws of the state, insofar as applicable."
Section 2. Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken through.
New charter material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or printing these charter
provisions for inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawai`i (2020), the revisor need
not include the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, or underscoring.
Section 3. The revisor of the charter shall renumber charter article, chapter,
and section numbers and any cross references thereto pursuant to amendments approved
by the electorate.
Section 4. 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 5. This amendment shall take effect upon approval by the electorate.