STAND. COM. REP. NO.618-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: H.B. No. 1092
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1092 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of the bill is to prohibit a state official or employee from taking official action affecting a business undertaking that directly affects a brother, sister, parent, emancipated child, or household member.
The League of Women Voters of Hawaii submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Hawaii State Ethics Commission and Common Cause Hawaii submitted testimony in support of this bill with suggested amendments.
Your Committee finds that this bill will encourage state officials and employees to practice ethical behavior and avoid conflicts of interest. Prohibiting state officials and employees from taking official actions affecting the financial interest of close family members will also enhance the public's confidence in government.
Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the requirement that limits the prohibition of official action affecting substantial financial interests of board or commission members to those matters related to the members' particular qualifications;
(2) Deleting the redundant and confusing provision allowing official action to directly affect the financial interests of an employee's child. Section 84-14(a)(3) prohibits an employee from taking official action directly affecting an emancipated child with substantial financial interests, thereby excluding the financial interests of an unemancipated child from this prohibition; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1092, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1092, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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