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(d) Excluded from the reporting requirements of this section are the following: (l) Gifts received by will or intestate succession; (2) Gifts received by way of distribution of any inter vivos or testamentary wst established by a spouse or ancestor; (3) Gifts from a spouse, fiance, fiancee, any relative within four degrees of consanguinity or the spouse, fiance, or fiancee of such a relative. A gift from any such person is a reportable gift if the person is acting as an agent or intermediary for any person not covered by this paragraph; (4) Political campaign contributions that comply with state law; (5) Anything available to or distributed to the public generally without regazd to the official status of the recipient; (6) Gifts that, within thirty days after receipt, are returned to the giver or delivered to a public body or to a bona fide educational or charitable organization without the donation being claimed as a charitable contribution for tax purposes; and (7) Exchanges of approximately equal value on holidays, birthday, or special occasions. (e) Failure of an officer or employee to file a gifts disclosure statement as required by this section shall be a violation of this article." SECTION 6. Chapter 2, Article IS of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 Edition), relating to code of ethics, is amended by adding a new section as follows: "Section 2-91.6. Coufideatial information. No officer or employee shall disclose information which by law or practice is not available to the public and which the officer or employee acquires in the course of the officer's or employee's official duties or use the information for the officer's or employee's personal gain or for the benefit of anyone: ' SECTION 7. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordnance aze severable. 7