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RULE NO. 10 DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST 1. Any member who has a substantial financial and/or personal interest, direct or indirect, in any action proposed or pending before the Council or a Committee, shall make full disclosure in writing to the Chairperson of such interest prior to the taking of any vote thereon as provided by Section 14-3(a), Hawai‘i County Charter. 2. Any member who hasa substantial financial and/or personal interest directly affected in any action proposed or pending before the Council or a Committee shall refrain from deliberating on said action and shall be excused from voting on the matter thereon. (a) “Substantiae’s official action. (b) “Financial ians an interest held by a Council Member, his or her spouse, domestic partner, children, siblings, parents, grandparents, or grandchildren, which is: (1) An ownership interest in a business; (2) A creditor interest in an insolvent business; (3) An employment, or prospective employment, for which negotiations have begun; (4) An ownership interest in real or personal property; (5) A loan or other debtor interest; or (6) A directorship or officership in a business, including nonprofit businesses. 3. Such written disclosure of financial or personal interest in any proposal pending before the Council and its Committees, shall be recorded in the minutes of the meetings of the Council and its Committees, and shall be made a matter of public record prior to the taking of any vote on such proposal as provided in Section 14-3(b), Hawai‘i County Charter. Such written disclosure shall be applicable to all subsequent actions relating to the same subject matter. 4. Prior to any vote in the Council or a Committee on a proposal for which the Council Member has made a written disclosure of a financial or personal interest, the Council Member shall also orally disclose the interest to the Council or Committee after each motion and second on the proposal, but before the commencement of debate on the motion or, if there is no debate, before the calling of the question on the motion. 10-1