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COUNTY OF HAWAPI ORDINANCE NO. STATE OF HAWAI6I BILL NO. 160 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 15, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE CODE OF ETHICS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. The purpose of this ordinance is to add language to specify that County officers and employees while discharging their duties and dealing with the public, are expected to be truthful. SECTION 2. Chapter 2, article 15, section 2-82 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows: ""Truthful" means stating, telling, elling, or expressing accurate and correct facts." SECTION 3. Chapter 2, article 15, section 2-83 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: "(a) Officers and employees of the County, while discharging their duties and dealing with the public, shall adhere to the following precepts: (1) All public property and equipment are to be treated as a public trust and are not to be used in a proprietary manner or for personal purposes without proper consent. (2) No person in a supervisory capacity shall engage in personal or business relationships with subordinates, which might intimidate said subordinates in the discharge of their official duties. (3) All persons shall be treated in a courteous, fair, and impartial manner. (4) Officers and employees shall be truthful." SECTION 4. New material is underscored. Ire printing this ordinance, the underscoring need not be included.