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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 2sa
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 15, SECTION 2- 91.3(6) OF THE
HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION) AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE
REGISTRATION OF LOBBYISTS, BY DELETING THE EXEMPTION OF ATTORNEYS
FROM REGISTRATION
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Article 15, Section 2- 91.3(6), Hawaii County Code 1983
(1995 Edition) is amended to read as follows:
(b) Registration of Lobbyists, Requirements.
(1) Every lobbyist shall ftle a registration form with the County
clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist.
(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
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knowledge relevant to certain areas of legislation, whose
skills and knowledge may be 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.
SECTION 2. Severability. If any provision of this Ordinance, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or
applications of the Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are severable.
SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is
underscored. In printing this Ordinance, the brackets, the bracketed material and stricken
material, and the underscoring need not be included.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
IN RODUCED BY:
COUN IL, MEMBER, COUNTY F HAWAII
Hilo, Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
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