Bill Text: HI HB1313 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Mortgage Foreclosure Task Force; Exemptions; Code of Ethics
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [HB1313 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB1313-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to ethics.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the mortgage foreclosure task force was created by Act 162, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010. Act 162 was effective on June 3, 2010. Of the seventeen members of the task force, eleven of the members were from specific organizations, such as private organizations, trade associations, and government entities, whose representation was expressly required by Act 162. The remaining six members were administratively added to the task force in order for the task force to maintain a balanced representation of interests, as authorized under Act 162. The task force ceased to exist on June 30, 2012.
The legislature further finds that it was the legislature's intent in creating the mortgage foreclosure task force by Act 162 to exempt the members of the task force from certain provisions of the State's code of ethics. Act 208, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, exempted members of state task forces from some of the requirements, restrictions, and prohibitions of the code of ethics. Act 208, which was effective on July 3, 2012, did not have a retroactive date to cover the entire existence of the mortgage foreclosure task force.
The purpose of this Act is to specify that a member or designee or representative of a member of a task force that existed on or after June 30, 2010, shall be exempt from certain provisions of the code of ethics.
SECTION 2. Section 84-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§84-14 Conflicts of interests. (a) No employee shall take any official action directly affecting:
(1) A business or other undertaking in which the employee has a substantial financial interest; or
(2) A private undertaking in which the employee is engaged as legal counsel, advisor, consultant, representative, or other agency capacity.
A department head who is unable to disqualify the department head's self on any matter described in paragraphs (1) and (2) will not be in violation of this subsection if the department head has complied with the disclosure requirements of section 84-17.
A person whose position on a board, commission, or committee is mandated by statute, resolution, or executive order to have particular qualifications shall only be prohibited from taking official action that directly and specifically affects a business or undertaking in which the person has a substantial financial interest; provided that the substantial financial interest is related to the member's particular qualifications.
(b) No employee shall acquire financial interests in any business or other undertaking which the employee has reason to believe may be directly involved in official action to be taken by the employee.
(c) No legislator or employee shall assist any person or business or act in a representative capacity before any state or county agency for a contingent compensation in any transaction involving the State.
(d) No legislator or employee shall assist any person or business or act in a representative capacity for a fee or other compensation to secure passage of a bill or to obtain a contract, claim, or other transaction or proposal in which the legislator or employee has participated or will participate as a legislator or employee, nor shall the legislator or employee assist any person or business or act in a representative capacity for a fee or other compensation on such bill, contract, claim, or other transaction or proposal before the legislature or agency of which the legislator or employee is an employee or legislator.
(e) No employee shall assist any person or business or act in a representative capacity before a state or county agency for a fee or other consideration on any bill, contract, claim, or other transaction or proposal involving official action by the agency if the employee has official authority over that state or county agency unless the employee has complied with the disclosure requirements of section 84-17.
(f) Subsections (a), (b), and (d) shall not apply to a task force member or the designee or representative of that task force member whose service as a task force member would not otherwise cause that member, designee, or representative to be considered an employee, if the task force member or the designee or representative of that task force member complies with the disclosure requirements under section 84-17.
(g) Subsections (a), (b), and (d) shall not apply to a member or the designee or representative of a member of any task force that existed on or after June 3, 2010."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Mortgage Foreclosure Task Force; Exemptions; Code of Ethics
Description:
Exempts members and designees or representatives of members of task forces that existed on or after June 3, 2010, from certain provisions of the code of ethics. Specifies retroactive date of 6/3/2010 for exemption.
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