CERTIFICATE OF RESULTS
2018 CHARTER AMENDMENTS
COUNTY OF KAUA’I

I, Jade K. Fountain-Tanigawa, County Clerk of the County of Kaua’i, do hereby certify that the following Charter Amendments were duly adopted by a majority of votes cast on the questions at the General Election held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, in the County of Kaua’i:

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC DEFENDER

“Shall the Charter be amended by repealing Article IX, Public Defender, as this function is already provided by the State?”

Purpose: The Public Defender section of the Kaua’i County Charter was rendered obsolete when the State Constitution in 1968 mandated that the State provide counsel to indigent defendants and when the State Legislature in 1971 established the State Office of the Public Defender. This amendment would therefore remove an outdated and unnecessary article from the Charter.

YES 10,002
NO 9,875

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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE, NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION FUND

“Shall Article XIX, Financial Procedures, Section 19.15(C) be amended to permit the Public Access, Open Space, Natural Resources Preservation Fund to include improvements?”

Purpose: Currently the Public Access, Open Space, Natural Resources Preservation Fund may only be used for the acquisition of land or property entitlements for conservation purposes. This amendment would expand the permissible uses of the fund to include paying for improvements to lands or entitlements acquired by the fund, and to improving existing public beach accesses.

YES 14,261
NO 6,883

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The aforementioned duly adopted Charter Amendments are published in summary form. Pursuant to Article XXIV of The Charter of the County of Kaua’i, the entire text of duly adopted Charter Amendments can be viewed online at www.kauai.gov/elections or by contacting the Office of the County Clerk, Elections Division at (808) 241-4800.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the County of Kaua’i, State of Hawai’i, to be affixed on this 27th day of November 2018.

/s/ JADE K. FOUNTAIN-TANIGAWA
County Clerk, County of Kaua’i
(TGI1153726 12/3/18)