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§ 2-80.1 H AWAI‘I C OUNTY C ODE
<br />(b) Any violation of this section constitutes use of government funds for campaign
<br />purposes, and shall be subject to any penalty, as authorized by law, including an
<br />administrative fine not to exceed $1,000, for each violation, as the board of ethics
<br />may determine.
<br />(2008, ord 08-49, sec 1; am 2012, ord 12-43, sec 1.)2-80.1
<br />Section 2-81. Applicability.
<br />This article shall apply to every officer or employee of the County. For the purposes
<br />of this article, any person nominated for elected office or appointed but not confirmed as
<br />administrative head of any agency or as a member of any board or commission shall be
<br />considered an officer.
<br />(1983 CC, c 2, art 15, sec 2-81.)2-81
<br />Section 2-82. Definitions.
<br />As used in this article:
<br />“Agency” means the County of Hawai‘i and any other governmental unit of the
<br />County.
<br />“Board” means the board of ethics.
<br />“Business” includes a corporation, a partnership, a sole proprietorship, a trust or
<br />foundation, or other individual organization carrying on a business, whether or not
<br />operated for profit.
<br />“Compensation” means any money, thing of value, or economic benefit conferred on
<br />or received by any person in return for services rendered or to be rendered by oneself or
<br />another.
<br />“Controlling interest” means an interest in a business or other undertaking which
<br />is sufficient in fact to control, whether the interest be greater or less than fifty percent.
<br />“Employee” means any person, except an officer, employed by the County or any
<br />agency thereof but the term shall not include an independent contractor.
<br />“Financial interest” means an interest held by an individual, the individual’s
<br />spouse, or dependent children which is:
<br />(1) An ownership interest in a business.
<br />(2) A creditor interest in an insolvent business.
<br />(3) An employment, or prospective employment for which negotiations have begun.
<br />(4) An ownership interest in real or personal property.
<br />(5) A loan or other debtor interest.
<br />(6) A directorship or officership in a business.
<br />“Immediate family member” means:
<br />(1) An employee’s or officer’s parent, grandparent, stepparent, child, grandchild,
<br />stepchild, foster child, adopted child, sibling, half-sibling, stepsibling, foster
<br />sibling, adopted sibling, parent’s sibling, first cousin, sibling’s child, spouse,
<br />spouse’s parent, child-in-law, or sibling-in-law, or any individual who has
<br />become an employee’s or officer’s child or sibling through informal adoptive
<br />practices; and
<br />(2) An individual who resides in the same dwelling unit as an employee or officer.
<br />SUPP.18 (7-2025)
<br />2-30
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