Bill Text: HI SB670 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State Ethics Commission; Conflicts of Interests
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [SB670 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB670-Introduced.html
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to conflicts of interests.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 84-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) No employee shall take any official action directly affecting:
(1) A business or other undertaking in which [he]
the employee has a substantial financial interest; [or]
(2) A private undertaking in which [he] the
employee is engaged as legal counsel, advisor, consultant, representative,
or other agency capacity[.]; or
(3) A business in which the employee knows or has reason to know that a child of the employee is an emancipated minor, as defined in section 327G-2, and has a twenty‑five per cent ownership interest in the business, serves as a member of the board of directors of the business, or is an officer of the business.
A department head who is unable to disqualify [himself]
the department head's self on any matter described in [items] paragraphs
(1) [and], (2) [above], or (3) will not be in
violation of this subsection if [he] the department head has
complied with the disclosure requirements of section 84-17[; and].
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 [he]
the person has a substantial financial interest; provided that the
substantial financial interest is related to the member's particular
qualifications."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.
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Report Title:
State Ethics Commission; Conflicts of Interests
Description:
Expands the conflicts of interests section of the state ethics code to include situations involving certain emancipated minors.
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