HomeMy WebLinkAboutComm No 0040.01 - Transmit CA-23 for First ReadingDouglass Shipman Adams
Chairperson
Jennifer Leilani Zelko-Schlueter
Vice Chairperson
Date: March 11, 2019
2018-2020
HAWAII COUNTY
CHARTER COMMISSION
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 -23 for First Reading; Proposed Amendment to Section 6-5.2 —
Relating to Qualifications for the Corporation Counsel; Submitted by
Commissioner Adams
Please find attached CA -23 as properly formatted for First Reading.
CA -23 passed Initial Approval on March 8, 2019, and will be placed on the April 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. 40.1
CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. CA -23
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
Section 1. Article VI, Chapter 5, Section 6-5.2, of the Hawai`i County
Charter (2018 Edition), is amended to read as follows:
"Section 6-5.2. Appointment and Removal.
The corporation counsel shall be appointed by the mayor, confirmed by the
council and may be removed by the mayor with the approval of the council. The
corporation counsel shall be an attorney licensed to practice and in good standing before
the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai`i. The corporation counsel shall have been
licensed to practice law for a period of not less than five years preceding appointment,
and have at least three years of experience in a responsible administrative capacity."
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.