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Brenda J. Ford i~ Phone No.: (808) 326-5684
Council Member Faz No.: (808) 329-4786
District7-Centra(Knna E-Mail: bford@co.hawaii.hi.us
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HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawad `i
Kailua Trade Center
75-5706 Hanama Place, Suite /09
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740
DATE: September 16, 2007
TO: Pete Hoffmann, Chair
amend Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: ,Brenda Ford, Council Member
RE: /Proposed Amendments to the "Rules of Procedure and Organization of the
Council of the County of Hawaii", Rule No. 12, Disclosure of Interest.
Attached for your consideration is a resolution to amend the "Rules of Procedure and
Organization of the Council of the County of Hawaii", specifically Rule No. 12, Disclosure of
interest.
I request that this resolution be placed on the Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations
Committee agenda for the October 2, 2007 meeting.
The proposed rule amendments herein are outlined in ramseyer format. Material to be replaced
is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored (less the title of the rule, which is
underlined to be consistent with the format of the rulebook, not to indicate any proposed
change).
Current Rule No. 12, Disclosure of Interest, shall be amended to read as follows:
"RULE NO. 12
DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST
1. Any member who has a substantial financial and/or personal interest,
direct or indirect, in any action proposed or pending before the Council or a Committee,
shall make full disclosure in writing to the Chairperson of such interest prior to the taking
of any vote thereon as provided by Section 14-3(a), Hawai`i County Charter. 7~~
Comm. No.
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2. Any member who has a substantial financial and/or personal interest
directly affected in any action proposed or pending before the Council or a Committee
shall refrain from deliberating on said action and shall be excused from voting on the
matter thereon.
(a) "Substantial" means an interest which is sufficient in magnitude to
influence one's official action.
(b) "Financial interest" means an interest held by a Council Member,
his or her spouse, or dependent children [wbiek] that is
(1) an ownership interest in a business,
(2) a creditor interest in an insolvent business,
(3) an employment, or prospective employment, for which
negotiations have begun,
(4) an ownership interest in real or personal property,
(5) a loan or other debtor interest, [ee]
(6) a directorship or officership in a business[.-], or
a campaign contribution, for the Council Member's present
or any future office, as required to be disclosed by the State of
Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission ("commission") in its
Disclosure Report (Schedule A -Contributions).
3. Such written disclosure of financial or personal interest in any proposal
pending before the Council and its Committees, shall be recorded in the minutes of the
meetings of the Council and its Committees, and shall be made a matter of public record
prior to the taking of any vote on such proposal as provided in Section 14-3(b), Hawai`i
County Charter. Such written disclosure shall be applicable to all subsequent actions
relating to the same subject matter.
4. Prior to any vote in the Council or a Committee on a proposal for which
the Council Member has made a written disclosure of a financial or personal interest, the
Council Member shall also orally disclose the interest to the Council or Committee after
each motion and second on the proposal, but before the commencement of debate on the
motion or, if there is no debate, before the calling of the question on the motion.
5. Campaign Contributions.
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~ The Legislative Research Branch shallprovide alist of campaign
contributions as reported to the commission on its Disclosure
Report (Schedule A -Contributions) to each Council Member
prior to each Council and Committee meeting. Said list shall:
have separate sections for each Council Member;
include all previous campaign Disclosure Reports in the
format required by the commission starting from the
Council Member's original campaign for Council office to
the most current Disclosure Report from the commission;
on an interim report provided by the Council Member,
include all contributions received from the date of the most
current Disclosure Report to the cut-off date for the public
notification for each Council or Committee mcetin using
the format of a Disclosure Report or a standardized
spreadsheet provided bythe Legislative Research Branch.
Such an interim report shall remain as part of the list until it
is replaced by a more current Disclosure Report;
be provided as a "Read Only" copy to be shared b~
(A) the news media (one copyl, and
(B) the public (one copyZ
Each Council Member shall verbally provide to the Council or
Committee the amount of a contribution received during the six-
da~public notification period preceding a Council or Committee
meeting that is received from a contributor who is impacted by an
agendized item and/or a decision of the Council or a Committee.
~ Prior to discussion of an agendized item where a campaign
contribution was received from any contributor, where that
contributor may be impacted by a decision of the Council or a
Committee, the affected Council Member shall verbally disclose
the cumulative total of any campaign contribution to the Councilor
Committee when contributions are received from:
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September 20, 2007
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a business where multiple emplovees, officers, and/or
directors of the same business or their family members (as
defined in section 2.(b) abovel of those emplovees,
officers, or directors contribute to a Council Member's
campaign;
apolitical action committee;
apolitical committee as defined in HRS &11-191;
a noncandidate committee as defined in HRS §11-191; or
a desi¢nated central committee (as defined in "Campaign
Spending Law", State of Hawaii, Campaign Spending
Commission, .Tanuary 2006, §11-197Z"
Please note that the Table of Contents page numbers have been altered to reflect page number
changes that would be the result of the adoption of these amendments.
BJF
Encl.
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