Hawaii County Code - Article 15. Code of Ethics

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§ 2-91.2 HAwAII COUNTY CODE Section 2-91.2. Post-employment. (a) No former officer or employee shall disclose any information which by law is not available to the general public and which the officer or employee acquired in the course of this person's official duties, nor shall the former officer or employee use such information for this person's personal gain or for the benefit of any other person. A former officer or employee may, however, disclose such information if requested by authorized governmental personnel, for official purposes. (h) No former officer or employee shall, within twelve months after the termination of the former officer or employee's employment or term of office with the County, assist and/or represent any person or business or act in a representative capacity for a fee, compensation, or other consideration, or otherwise act for the former officer or employee's own personal economic gain, in relation to any specific case, proceeding, contract, application, or pending legislation with which the former officer or employee, in the course of the former officer or employee's official duties with the County: (1) Had been directly concerned; (2) Had under active consideration; or (3) Had obtained information which by law is not available to the general public. For the purposes of this section, "represent" means to engage in direct communication on behalf of any person or business with a councilmember, a council employee, a particular County board, commission or agency, or their employees. A former officer or employee may, however, assist a governmental entity in relation to such matters if requested by authorized governmental personnel for official purposes. (c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any agency of the County from contracting with the former officer or employee to act on matters on behalf of the County. (d) Any fee, gift, profit, or other compensation received by a former officer or employee in violation of(a) or (b) above shall be forfeited to the County. The corporation counsel is authorized to take all measures necessary to recover such compensation. (e) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, whenever any former officer or employee has obtained, or assisted any other person to obtain, favorable County action and the former officer or employee violated (a) or (b) above in the course of the obtaining of such action, the County may void such action, provided that the County shall act to void the action within sixty days of its discovery of the violation and shall, insofar as possible, avoid damaging the interests of innocent third parties. (0 The board of ethics is hereby empowered to receive petitions from, and render informal and formal advisory opinions to: (1) Former officers or employees who request advisory opinions regarding their own conduct in relation to this section. A former officer or employee whose employment may violate the provisions of this section shall request an informal advisory opinion from the board prior to accepting or engaging in such employment; or 2-40