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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2224 |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that Hawaii is undergoing a fundamental transformation in energy use and policy, which may include an interisland cable, smart electrical grids, new overhead and underground transmission lines, significant renewable energy facilities, and changes in government agency operations that could cost several billion dollars or more. Given the importance of the decisions associated with these projects, it is important that legislators and the public have confidence that the individuals who will be making these decisions do so in the best interest of the public.
Currently, key personnel in all branches of state government are required to file a disclosure of financial interests, but not all these disclosures are public records. For example, members of every state board or commission whose original terms of office are for periods exceeding one year and whose functions are not solely advisory are required to file an annual financial disclosure, but only the records of the members of the board of education and the trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs are public records.
The purpose of this Act is to require that the financial disclosure statements of additional key state agency personnel shall be public records and shall be made available for inspection and duplication.
SECTION 2. Section 84-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
"(d) The financial disclosure statements of the following persons shall be public records and available for inspection and duplication:
(1) The governor, the lieutenant governor, the members of the legislature, candidates for and delegates to the constitutional convention, the members of the board of education, the trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs, and candidates for state elective offices;
(2) The directors of the state departments and their
deputies, regardless of the titles by which the foregoing persons are
designated; provided that with respect to the department of the attorney
general, [the foregoing] this paragraph shall apply only to the
attorney general and the first deputy attorney general;
(3) The administrative director of the State;
(4) The president, the vice presidents, the assistant vice presidents, the chancellors, and the provosts of the University of Hawaii;
(5) The superintendent, the deputy superintendent, the state librarian, and the deputy state librarian of the department of education;
(6) The administrative director and the deputy
director of the courts; [and]
(7) The administrator and the assistant administrator
of the office of Hawaiian affairs[.]; and
(8) The commissioners of the public utilities commission."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Financial Disclosure; Public Records
Description:
Requires that the financial disclosure statements of the commissioners of the public utilities commission be deemed public records and available for inspection and duplication. (SD1)
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