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BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
Section 1. Article III, Section 3-7, of the Hawai`i County Charter (2018 Edition),
is amended to read as follows:
"Section 3-7. Meetings; Rules and Journal; Voting and Quorum.
0) The county council shall meet regularly at least twice in every month at such times
and places as shall be established by rule of the council, and meet at least quarterly
in the judicial district of North Kona or South Kona.
The council shall determine its rules and order of business and shall provide for
keeping a journal of its proceedings, which shall be a public record, in which the
ayes and noes shall be entered as required by this charter or at any other time upon
the demand of any member.
The affirmative vote of a majority of the entire membership shall be necessary for
council action. A majority of the entire membership of the council shall constitute
a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time and may compel
the attendance of absent members. Whenever the term "entire membership"
appears in this charter pertaining to council voting, it means the entire membership
of nine members, even if there are vacancies.
fid)) Upon an affirmative vote of two thirds of its entire membership, the council may
suspend without pay for not more than one month any member who:
Behaves in a disorderly or contemptuous manner in its presence; or
Fails to attend three or more regularly scheduled council meetings without
being excused from attendance by the council chair for each unattended
meeting."
Section 2. 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 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.