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�SY OFN <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII -+'�`" �/=.': STATE OF HAWAII <br /> gi:+ ;. :. <br /> BILL NO. 183 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 15, SECTION 80.1 OF THE <br /> HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE <br /> CODE OF ETHICS. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. Chapter 2, article 15, section 80.1 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 <br /> Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows: <br /> "Section 2-80.1. Distribution of mass mailings prohibited during campaign. <br /> [(a) No newsletters, brochures, legislative summaries, or other mass mailings of material <br /> designed to support a candidate's nomination, including electioneering communications as <br /> defined in section 11 207.6, Hawai`i Revised Statutes, may be circulated, at public expense, <br /> by an incumbent council member within six months prior to a County election, or after any <br /> member has filed nomination papers, whichever comes first. This excludes public funds <br /> received by candidates from the Hawai`i election campaign fund, pursuant to section 11 <br /> 217, Hawai`i Revised Statutes.] <br /> (a) Newsletters, brochures, legislative summaries, or other mass mailings of material designed <br /> to support a candidate's nomination, including electioneering communications as defined in <br /> section 11-341, Hawai`i Revised Statutes, shall not be circulated at public expense by: <br /> (1) An incumbent council member within six months prior to any County election, or after <br /> any member has filed nomination papers, whichever comes first; <br /> (2) The incumbent mayor within six months prior to an election which the mayor may be <br /> re-elected, or after the incumbent mayor has filed nomination papers, whichever comes <br /> first; or <br /> (3) The incumbent prosecuting attorney within six months prior to an election which the <br /> prosecuting attorney may be re-elected, or after the incumbent prosecuting attorney has <br /> filed nomination papers, whichever comes first. <br /> This excludes public funds received by candidates from the Hawai`i election campaign fund, <br /> pursuant to section 11-421, Hawai`i Revised Statutes. <br /> (b) Any violation of this section constitutes use of government funds for campaign purposes, <br /> and shall be subject to any penalty, as authorized by law, including an administrative fine <br /> not to exceed $1,000, for each violation, as the board of ethics may determine." <br />