Hawaii County Code - Article 15. Code of Ethics

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§ 2-91.3 HAWAII COUNTY CODE (2) Each lobbyist shall provide and certify the following information: (A) The name, mailing address, and business telephone number of the lobbyist. (B) The name and principal place of business of each person by whom the lobbyist is retained or employed or on whose behalf the lobbyist appears or works and a written authorization to act as a lobbyist from each person by whom the lobbyist is employed or with whom the lobbyist contracts. (C) The subject areas on which the lobbyist expects to lobby. (3) A lobbyist shall report any change in any of the information contained in the registration statement within ten days after the change has occurred. (4) A lobbyist shall file a notice of termination within ten days after the lobbyist ceases the activity which required the lobbyist's registration. The lobbyist and the employer of the lobbyist shall remain subject, however, to the requirements of this article for the period during which the registration was effective. (5) This section shall not apply to: (A) Any individual who represents him or herself and not any other person before the council or administrative agency; (B) Any Federal, State, or County official or employee acting in the official or employee's official capacity; (C) Any elected public official acting in the official or employee's official capacity; (D) Any newspaper or other regularly published periodical or radio or television station (including any individual who owns, publishes, or is employed by a newspaper or periodical or radio or television station) while publishing in the regular course of business news items, editorials, or other comments, or paid advertisements, which directly or indirectly urge the passage or defeat of legislative or administrative action; and (E) Any person who possesses special skills and knowledge relevant to certain areas of legislation, whose skills and knowledge maybe helpful to the legislative and executive branches of County government, and who is appearing at the request of the council or an administrative agency, even though receiving reimbursement for the appearance. (c) Each lobbyist shall file a statement of expenditures with the County clerk on July 31 and January 31 of each year. (d) The July 31 report shall cover the period from January 1 through June 30 of the year of the report; and the January 31 report shall cover the period from July 1 through December 31 of the calendar year preceding the January 31 report. (1) The statement shall contain the following information: (A) The name and address of each person with respect to whom expenditures for the purpose of lobbying in the total sum of$25 or more per day were made by the person filing the statement during the statement period and the amount or value of such expenditure; 2-42