84-43 Ethics training course.
§84-43 Ethics training course. (a) The state ethics commission shall establish, design, supervise, and conduct ethics training for the officers and employees to whom this part applies. (b) The ethics training course shall include: (1) Explanations and discussions of the ethics laws, administrative rules, and relevant internal policies; (2) Specific technical and legal requirements; (3) […]
84-39 Administrative fines.
§84-39 Administrative fines. (a) Where an administrative fine has not been established for a violation of this chapter, any person, including a legislator or employee, who violates this chapter shall be subject to an administrative fine imposed by the state ethics commission that shall not exceed $1,000 for each violation. All fines collected under this […]
84-41 Applicability of part.
§84-41 Applicability of part. This part applies to legislators, members of the board of education, trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs, the governor, the lieutenant governor, and executive department heads and deputies. This part does not apply to any other officer or employee of the State. [L 2004, c 198, pt of §1; am […]
84-42 Mandatory ethics training course.
§84-42 Mandatory ethics training course. All state officers and employees enumerated in section 84-41 shall complete an ethics training course administered by the state ethics commission as provided in this part. For the purposes of this part, “ethics training” includes education and training in: (1) The ethics laws set forth in this chapter; and (2) […]
84-19 Violation
§84-19 Violation. (a) Any favorable state action obtained in violation of the code of ethics for legislators or employees and former employees is voidable in the same manner as voidable contracts as provided for under section 84-16; and the State by the attorney general may pursue all legal and equitable remedies available to it. (b) […]
84-21 State ethics commission established; composition.
§84-21 State ethics commission established; composition. (a) There is established within the office of the auditor for administrative purposes only a commission to be known as the state ethics commission. The commission shall consist of five members appointed by the governor from a panel of ten persons nominated by the judicial council. Each member of […]
84-31 Duties of commission; complaint, hearing, determination.
§84-31 Duties of commission; complaint, hearing, determination. (a) The ethics commission shall have the following powers and duties: (1) It shall prescribe forms for the disclosures required by article XIV of the Hawaii constitution and section 84-17 and the gifts disclosure statements required by section 84-11.5 and shall establish orderly procedures for implementing the requirements […]
84-31.3 Filing of false charges.
§84-31.3 Filing of false charges. (a) Any person who knowingly and intentionally files a false charge with the commission, or any member of the commission who initiates action against any state official, state employee, or any other person covered by this chapter, knowing such charge to be false, shall be guilty of the crime of […]
84-31.5 REPEALED.
§84-31.5 REPEALED. L 1998, c 32, §1.
84-32 Procedure.
§84-32 Procedure. (a) With respect to legislators and employees removable only by impeachment: when the ethics commission after due hearings pursuant to section 84-31(c) determines that there is sufficient cause to file a complaint against a legislator or an employee removable only by impeachment, it shall issue a complaint and refer the matter to the […]