REPORT TITLE:
Ethics


DESCRIPTION:
Prohibits a public employee from taking official action directly
affecting a familial business or undertaking.  (SB2672 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 84-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(a)  No employee shall take any official action directly
 
 4 affecting:
 
 5      (1)  A business or other undertaking in which [he] the
 
 6           employee has a substantial financial interest; [or]
 
 7      (2)  A private undertaking in which [he] the employee is
 
 8           engaged as legal counsel, advisor, consultant,
 
 9           representative, or other agency capacity[.] or
 
10      (3)  A business or undertaking in which the employee knows
 
11           that a brother, a sister, a parent or an emancipated
 
12           child has a substantial financial interest, provided
 
13           that the financial interests of these individuals shall
 
14           not include those of any spouse or child.
 
15      A department head who is unable to disqualify himself on any
 
16 matter described in items (1) [and], (2), or (3) above will not
 
17 be in violation of this subsection if [he] the employee has
 
18 complied with the disclosure requirements of section 84-17; and
 

 
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 1      A person whose position on a board, commission, or committee
 
 2 is mandated by statute, resolution, or executive order to have
 
 3 particular qualifications shall only be prohibited from taking
 
 4 official action that directly and specifically affects a business
 
 5 or undertaking in which [he] the member has a substantial
 
 6 financial interest; provided that the substantial financial
 
 7 interest is related to the member's particular qualifications."
 
 8      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 9 New statutory material is underscored.
 
10      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.