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DATE: July 12, 2018
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TO: Valerie T. Poindexter, Council Chair -11 c
and Members of the Hawai`i County Council rn.
FROM: Adi Eileen O'Hara, Council Member
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Bill No.160: A Bill for an Ordinance Amending
Chapter 2, Article 15, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as
Amended), Relating to the Code of Ethics.
Please see below proposed amendments to Bill No.160. The proposed amendments are shown in
Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 160; material to be deleted is bracketed
and stricken and material to be added is underscored.
For illustrative purposes, a copy of the draft of this bill that would result if these proposed
amendments are adopted, is attached with the amendments incorporated therein.
1. Bill No. 160, SECTION 1, relating to the purpose of this ordinance, would be amended to
read as follows:
"SECTION 1. The purpose of this ordinance is to add language to specify
that in the course of discharging their duties, County officers and employees
truthful.] shall provide accurate and factual information to the public.”
2. Bill No. 160, SECTION 2, amending chapter 2, article 15, section 2-82 of the Hawai`i
County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), would be amended by deleting the proposed
new definition, and renumbering SECTIONS 3, 4, and 5 accordingly.
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3. Bill No. 160, SECTION 3, amending chapter 2, article 15, section 2-83 of the Hawai`i
County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), would be 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.] provide accurate and factual
information to theP ublic, including identification of any referenced
authority, to the best of each officer's or employee's abilities and
knowledge."
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Att.
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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 in the
course of discharging their duties, County officers and employees shall provide accurate and
factual information to the public.
SECTION 2. Chapter 2, article 15, section 2-83 of the Hawai`i 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 provide accurate and factual information to the
public, including identification of any referenced authority,to the best of
each officer's or employee's abilities and knowledge."
SECTION 3. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the underscoring
need not be included.
SECTION 4. 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 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
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