STAND. COM. REP. NO.  153

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 206

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 206 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend state mandatory ethics training laws by:

     (1)  Requiring all state employees who must file public financial disclosure statements with the Hawaii State Ethics Commission to attend ethics training each year;

     (2)  Allowing additional classes to be held throughout the year as determined by the Commission; and

     (3)  Allowing the length of the course to be determined by the Commission.   

The Hawaii State Ethics Commission, Common Cause Hawaii, Americans for Democratic Action/Hawaii, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 206 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair