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COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br />STATE OF HAWAII <br />BILL NO. 181 <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 15, OF THE HAWAII <br />COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE CODE <br />OF ETHICS. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br />SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to make amendments to the <br />County Code of Ethics to provide for (1) a comprehensive definition of "agency", (2) the <br />prohibition against County employees and companies in which a County employee has a <br />controlling interests from contracting with the County, (3) the prohibition against any County <br />agency contracting with a County employee or a company in which the County employee has a <br />controlling interest, and (4) the banning of County employees from representing third parties <br />who appear before County agencies unless specifically authorized by ordinance. <br />SECTION 2. Chapter 2, article 15, section 2-82 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 <br />Edition, as amended), is amended by amending the definition of "agency" to read as follows: <br />""Agency„ means [any effiee, de ...Fment) b e ..a7 ) athef o o IILGLIl <br />„ <br />unit efthe e�Eeettive of legislative br-a-nehes of G,,, nty, blit deer ��c* in eluNde <br />U � 1lAV <br />] and ineludes : (1) the Count of Hawaii; (2) the council and <br />its committees; (3 a) ll departments, offices, boards, commissions, committees; (4 <br />independent commissions and other similar establishments of the County government; <br />and (5) any other governmental unit of the County." <br />SECTION 3. Chapter 2, article 15, section 2-83 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 <br />Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: <br />"Section 2-83. Fair treatment. <br />(a) Officers and employees of the County, while discharging their duties and dealing <br />with the public, shall adhere to the following precepts: <br />(1) All public property and equipment are to be treated as a public trust and are <br />not to be used in a proprietary manner or for personal purposes without <br />proper consent. <br />(2) No person in a supervisory capacity shall engage in personal or business <br />relationships with subordinates, which might intimidate said subordinates in <br />the discharge of their official duties. <br />(3) All persons shall be treated in a courteous, fair and impartial manner. <br />