THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	451
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 84-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  No employee shall take any official action directly affecting:

     (1)  A business or other undertaking in which the employee has a substantial financial interest; [or]

     (2)  A private undertaking in which the employee is engaged as legal counsel, advisor, consultant, representative, or other agency capacity[.]; or

     (3)  A business or other undertaking that the employee knows or has reason to know that a parent, sibling, or adult child of the employee has a substantial financial interest; provided that for the purpose of this paragraph, "financial interest" shall not further include an interest held by a spouse or dependent child of the parent, sibling, or adult child.

     A department head who is unable to disqualify the department head's self on any matter described in paragraphs (1) [and], (2), and (3) will not be in violation of this subsection if the department head has complied with the disclosure requirements of section 84-17.

     [A] With respect to paragraph (1), a person whose position on a board, commission, or committee is mandated by statute, resolution, or executive order to have particular qualifications shall only be prohibited from taking official action that directly and specifically affects a business or undertaking in which the person has a substantial financial interest; provided that the substantial financial interest is related to the member's particular qualifications."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on January 7, 2059.

 

 

Report Title:

Ethics Commission Package; Conflicts of Interests

 

Description:

Prohibits state employees from taking any official action directly affecting a business or other undertaking that a parent, sibling, or adult child has a substantial financial interest.  Effective 01/07/2059.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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