HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 160 Draft 01 2016-2018COUNTY OF HAWAPI
ORDINANCE NO.
STATE OF HAWAI6I
BILL NO. 160
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 15, OF THE HAWAII
COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE CODE
OF ETHICS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this ordinance is to add language to specify that County
officers and employees while discharging their duties and dealing with the public, are expected
to be truthful.
SECTION 2. Chapter 2, article 15, section 2-82 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016
Edition, as amended), is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to
read as follows:
""Truthful" means stating, telling, elling, or expressing accurate and correct facts."
SECTION 3. Chapter 2, article 15, section 2-83 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016
Edition, as amended), is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Officers and employees of the County, while discharging their duties and dealing
with the public, shall adhere to the following precepts:
(1) All public property and equipment are to be treated as a public trust and are
not to be used in a proprietary manner or for personal purposes without
proper consent.
(2) No person in a supervisory capacity shall engage in personal or business
relationships with subordinates, which might intimidate said subordinates in
the discharge of their official duties.
(3) All persons shall be treated in a courteous, fair, and impartial manner.
(4) Officers and employees shall be truthful."
SECTION 4. New material is underscored. Ire printing this ordinance, the underscoring
need not be included.
SECTION 5. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall 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 declared to be severable.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
, Hawai`i
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1 st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE Comm. 959
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
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