HRS §50-8
Submitting a proposed county charter
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says a charter commission must send a written report and a draft charter to the county legislative body within one year of being appointed. The legislative body can add alternatives to any section, but only one option per section. It must send the charter back to the commission within thirty days.
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The statute, as written — Submission of proposed charter to legislative body of the county
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Within one year of its appointment, the charter commission shall submit a report in writing on its activities, findings, and recommendations to the legislative body of the county together with a draft of the proposed charter. The legislative body of the county may in turn propose one or more sections as alternative, or alternatives to any section of the proposed charter; provided that there shall not be more than a single proposition under any alternative proposal. Within thirty days after the receipt of the proposed charter from the commission, the legislative body shall return the proposed charter with the alternatives to the commission for its study.
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