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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII BILL N0.305 Draft 2 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE I5, HAWAI'I COUNTY CODE, AS AMEND1iD, RELATING TO THE CODE OF ETHICS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION I. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to amend the County Code of Ethics to follow the language contained in the State Code of Ethics. SECTION 2. Chapter 2, Article I5, Sections 2-83 and 2-85 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 Edition), relating to standazds of conduct and conduct of officers and employees, are repealed as follows: "[Section 2-83. Standards of conduct. (a) No officer or employee shall solicit, accept or receive, directly or indirectly, any gift, whether in the form of money, service, loan, travel, entertainment, hospitality, thing or promise, or in any other form, under circumstances in which it can reasonably be inferred that the gift is intended to influence him in the performancc; of his official duties or is intended as a reward for any official action on his part. (b) No officer or employee shall use or attempt to use his official position to secure or grant unwarranted privileges, exemptions, advantages, contracts or treatment, for himself or others. (c) No officer or employee shall disclose confidential information gained by reason of his official position or use such information for the personal gain or benefit of himself or anyone else. (d) No officer or employee shall engage in any business, transaction or activity or have a financial interest, direct or indirect, which might reasonably tend to be incompatible with the proper dischazge of his official duties or to impair his independence ofjudgement in the performance of his official duties, or use such information ffor his personal gain or for the benefit of anyone.