Hawaii County Code - Article 15. Code of Ethics

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ADMINISTRATION § 2-91.3 (B) The name and address of each person with respect to whom expenditures for the purpose of lobbying in the aggregate of$150 or more were made by the person filing the statement during the statement period and the amount or value of such expenditures; (C) The total sum or value of all expenditures for the purpose of lobbying made by the person filing the statement during the statement period in excess of$275 during the statement period; (D) The name and address of each person making contributions to the person filing the statement for the purpose of lobbying in the total sum of$25 or more during the statement period and the amount or value of such contributions; and (E) The subject area of the legislative and administrative action which was supported or opposed by the person filing the statement during the statement period. (2) The receipt or expenditure of any money for the purpose of influencing the election or defeat of any candidate for an elective office or for the passage or defeat of any proposed measure at any special or general election is excluded from the reporting requirement of this section. (e) All statements and forms required by this section to be filed with the County clerk: (1) Shall be deemed properly filed when delivered or deposited in an established post office within the prescribed time, duly stamped, registered, or certified, and directed to the County clerk; provided, however, in the event it is not received, a duplicate of the statement shall be promptly filed upon notice by the County clerk of its nonreceipt; and (2) Shall be preserved by the County clerk and shall constitute part of the public records of the County clerk, and shall be open to public inspection pursuant to section 92-51,* Hawaii Revised Statutes. (0 No lobbyist shall accept or agree to accept compensation in any way contingent on the enactment, defeat, or outcome of any proposed legislative or administrative action. (g) The board of ethics is empowered to render advisory opinions with respect to the application of this section to any person. No person who conforms their conduct to an advisory opinion of the board regarding this section shall be subject to the penalties provided herein. (h) Any person who wilfully fails to file any statement or report required by this section or who wilfully files a statement or report containing false information or material omission of any fact, who engages in activities prohibited by this section, or who fails to provide any information required by this section shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor. (1984, ord 84-77, sec 1; am 1986, ord 86-44, sec 1; am 2006, ord 06-71, sec 1.) *Editor's Note: Sections 92-50 to 92.52, Hawaii Revised Statutes, were repealed and replaced with chapter 92F. 2-43