THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2682
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to financial disclosure statements.

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

     SECTION 1.  State board and commission members are required to file annual disclosure statements with the state ethics commission.  These records are generally kept confidential.  Unfortunately, due to limited resources, the state ethics commission does not have the ability to search these records for potential conflicts of interest.  The legislature finds that the public is in the best position to identify conflicts of interests and that board and commission members' financial disclosure statements should be made public.

     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 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 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 members of the board of education and 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) Paid members of a state board or commission described in section 84-17(c)(9) that is authorized to approve contracts or expenditures valued at more than $1,000,000."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Financial Disclosures; Boards and Commissions:  Public Records

Description:

Requires public disclosure of financial disclosure statements filed by paid state board or commission members who have original terms of office for periods exceeding one year, have functions that are not solely advisory, and serve on boards of commissions that are authorized to approve contracts or expenditures valued at more than $1,000,000.

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