HomeMy WebLinkAboutCA-0030 - Proposed Amendment to Section 14-5 - formattedCHARTER AMENDMENT NO. CA -30
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
Section 1. Article XIV, Section 14-5, of the Hawai`i County Charter (2018
Edition), is amended to read as follows:
"Section 14-5. Board of Ethics.
There shall be a board of ethics appointed by the mayor with the approval of the
council. It shall consist of five members who shall be residents of the county.
Members [Each] shall serve [for a term] staggered terms of five years. [Upon the
for a term of four years and one for a term of five years.] The board shall adopt
[establish] its rules of procedure]-], having the force and effect of law, as shall be
necessary to provide for the enforcement of the code of ethics.
Without limitation of its functions, the board shall:
[(a)]j Interpret the code of ethics for both county officials and the public and
on its own may initiate and render opinions with respect thereto.
[(b)]Q Render advisory opinions to county officers and employees with respect
to the code of ethics pursuant to written requests by officers and
employees.
[(e)]11) Receive and initiate complaints of violations of the code of ethics and
transmit such complaints to the council or the appropriate appointing
authority, along with any pertinent advisory or formal opinions thereto.
[(d)]i4,) Hold hearings or conduct investigations concerning application of the
code of ethics and make public such violations of the code that come to
its attention.
[(e)]05,1 Publish advisory opinions with such deletions as may be necessary to
prevent disclosure of identity of persons involved where such opinions
are rendered pursuant to [subsection (b)] paragraph (2) above.
[()]f) Propose revisions to the code of ethics where not inconsistent with this
charter.
(c) The board may impose civil fines for violations of the code of ethics, as
prescribed by ordinance."
Section 2. Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken through.
New charter material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or printing these charter
provisions for inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawai`i (2020), the revisor need
not include the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, or underscoring.
Section 3. The revisor of the charter shall renumber charter article, chapter,
and section numbers and any cross references thereto pursuant to amendments approved
by the electorate.
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 amendment shall take effect upon approval by the electorate.
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