Hawaii County Code - Article 15. Code of Ethics

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ADMINISTRATION § 2-91.1 (3) Any officer or regulatory employee of the County shall file a financial disclosure as prescribed herein ten working days before an officer is to leave office or a regulatory employee is to terminate employment with the County. This requirement will also include transfer of an officer or regulatory employee from the County to either the State or Federal governments, or the transfer of an officer or regulatory employee to a County position for which financial disclosure is not required. (e) The financial disclosure statements of the following persons shall he public record and may be opened for inspection by the public during office hours of the County clerk: (1) All candidates for elective office. (2) All elected officers. (3) The administrative heads of the County agencies and their first deputies. (4) The managing director and deputy managing director. All other financial disclosure statements required to be filed under this section shall be confidential and accessible only by action of the board of ethics. (0 Penalty. (1) Officers and regulatory employees subject to section 2-91.1(b). Any officer or regulatory employee of the County who fails to file a financial disclosure as required in this section shall be subject to the provisions of section 2-91 hereof relating to noncompliance. (2) Any candidate who fails to file a financial disclosure as prescribed herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a tine of$1,000 and imprisonment of one year. (g) Notwithstanding any other disclosures filed under this section, it shall be incumbent upon all employees or officers of the County to make a full disclosure in writing to their appointing authority or to the council in the case of an elective officer, whenever the employee or officer possesses or acquires any interests, financial or otherwise, that might reasonably tend to create a conflict with the public interest in the performance of the public duties and responsibilities of the officer or employee. Any member of the council who knows he or she has a personal interest, direct or indirect, in any action proposed or pending before the council shall immediately disclose such interest. A copy of any disclosure of interest filed under this subsection shall be filed by the employee or officer with the County clerk which shall be a matter of public record. (1983 CC, c 2, art 15, sec 2-91.1; am 1983, ord 83-7, sec 1; am 1985, ord 85-35, sec 1; am 1999, ord 99-54, sec 1; am 200.2, ord 02-109, sec 5; am 2005, ord 05-41, sec 1; am 2007, ord 07-131, sec 1; am 2008, ord 08-50, sec 2) •Editor's Note: Section 11-191.Hawaii Revised Statutes.was repealed. 2-39