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<br />INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING GIFTS DISCLOSURE FORM <br />WHO SHOULD FILE THIS FORM <br />The Hawai'i County Ethics Code, § 2-91.5 of the Hawai'i County C <br />you to file a gifts disclosure statement if you are a County employee, or County board or <br />commission member, and if all of the following conditions are met: <br /> <br /> When To <br />(1)During the period covered by the gifts disclosure statement (see <br />File <br /> below), you or your spouse or your dependent child receives, directly <br />or indirectly, from one source: (a) any gift valued in excess of $100, or (b) <br />two or more gifts whose combined value is in excess of $100. Th <br />applies to all gifts, including a gift in the form of money, service, or <br />goods, or in any other form. <br /> <br />(2)The source of the gift or gifts has interests that may be affected by official <br />action that you take in your County capacity. ÐOfficial actionÑ means a <br />decision recommendation, approval, disapproval, or other action, <br />including inaction, which involves discretionary authority. <br /> <br />(3)The gift is not exempted by law from the reporting requirements. See <br />Exempted Gifts <br /> below. <br />If all of the above conditions are met, you must file a gifts disclosure statement <br />with the Hawai'i County Ethics Board. <br />EXEMPTED GIFTS <br />You do not have to report the following gifts, which are exempted by law from <br />the reporting requirements: <br /> <br />(1)Gifts received by will or intestate succession; <br /> <br />(2)Gifts received by distribution of any inter vivos or testamentary trust <br />established by a spouse or ancestor; <br /> <br />(3)Gifts from a spouse, fiancé or fiancée, any relative within four <br />consanguinity, or the spouse, fiancé or fiancée of such a relative. A gift <br />from any such person is a reportable gift if the person is acting as an agent <br />or intermediary for someone who is not covered by this paragraph <br />purposes of this paragraph, relatives Ðwithin four degrees of <br />consanguinityÑ include the following: Your parents, grandparents, and <br />great grandparents; your children grandchildren, and great-grand children; <br />your brothers/sisters, uncles/aunts, great uncles/aunts, nephews/nieces, <br />grand nephews/nieces, and first cousins;] <br /> <br />