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(b) No officer or employee shall use or attempt to use the officer's or employee's official position to secure or grant unwarranted privileges, exemptions, advantages, contracts, or treatment, for oneself or others; including but not limited to the following: (1) Seeking other employment or contract for services for oneself by the use or attempted use of the officer's or employee's office or position. (2) Accepting, receiving, or soliciting compensation or other consideration for the performance of the officer's or employee's official duties or responsibilities except as provided by law. [(3) Using County time, equipment or other facilities for private business or (4)](3) Soliciting, selling, or otherwise engaging in a substantial financial transaction with a subordinate or a person or business whom the officer or employee inspects or supervises in the officer's or employee's official capacity. [(5)](4) Using County property, facilities, equipment, time, or personnel for private business, campaign purposes, or for any purpose other than for a public [activity or] purpose. (c) No officer or employee, or any business in which an officer or employee or the officer or employees' immediate family has a controlling interest, shall contract for goods or services of a value in excess of$50,000 with any County agency. [(c-)](d)Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit an officer from introducing bills and resolutions, serving on committees or from making statements or taking action in the exercise of the officer's legislative functions. Every officer shall file a full and complete public disclosure of the nature and extent of the interest or transaction which the officer believes may be affected by legislative action." SECTION 4. Chapter 2, article 15, section 2-84 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: "Section 2-84. Conflicts of interests. (a) No officer or employee shall take any official action directly affecting: (1) A business or other undertaking in which that officer or employee has a substantial financial interest; (2) A private undertaking in which the officer or employee is engaged as legal counsel, advisor, consultant, or representative, or other agency capacity; or (3) A business or undertaking in which the employee knows or has reason to know that a brother, a sister, a parent, an emancipated child, or a household member has a substantial financial interest, provided that the financial interests of these individuals shall not include those of any spouse or child. A department head who is unable to be disqualified on any matter described in items (1), (2), and (3) above will not be in violation of this subsection if the department head has complied with the disclosure requirements of section 2-91.1. A person whose position on a board, commission, or committee is mandated by statute, charter, code, or resolution to have particular qualifications shall only be 2