84-15 Contracts.
§84-15 Contracts. (a) A state agency shall not enter into any contract to procure or dispose of goods or services, or for construction, with a legislator, an employee, or a business in which a legislator or an employee has a controlling interest, involving services or property of a value in excess of $10,000 unless: (1) […]
84-16 Contracts voidable.
§84-16 Contracts voidable. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any contract entered into by the State in violation of this chapter is voidable on behalf of the State; provided that in any action to avoid a contract pursuant to this section the interests of third parties who may be damaged thereby shall […]
84-17 Requirements of disclosure.
§84-17 Requirements of disclosure. (a) For the purposes of this section, “disclosure period” refers to the period from January 1 of the preceding calendar year to the time of the filing of the employee’s or legislator’s disclosure of financial interests. (b) The disclosure of financial interest required by this section shall be filed: (1) By […]
84-17.5 Disclosure files; disposition.
§84-17.5 Disclosure files; disposition. (a) All financial disclosure statements filed by a legislator, employee, or delegate to a constitutional convention shall be maintained by the state ethics commission for a period of six years from the date of the financial disclosure statement’s filing. Upon the expiration of the six-year period, the financial disclosure statement and […]
84-18 Restrictions on post employment.
§84-18 Restrictions on post employment. (a) No former legislator or employee shall disclose any information that by law or practice is not available to the public and that the former legislator or employee acquired in the course of the former legislator’s or employee’s official duties or use the information for the former legislator’s or employee’s […]
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) […]
84-14 Conflicts of interests.
§84-14 Conflicts of interests. (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. A department head who is […]
84-14.5 Governor; outside employment and emoluments prohibited.
§84-14.5 Governor; outside employment and emoluments prohibited. (a) Beginning November 1, 2022, as of the sixty-first calendar day after election or appointment to office, it shall be unlawful for the governor, while holding that office, to maintain any other employment, maintain a controlling interest in a business, or receive any emolument. (b) Where a governor […]
84-11 Gifts.
Note Part heading amended by L 1979, c 91, §5. Attorney General Opinions As long as the mandatory topics listed in the third paragraph of article XIV of the Hawaii State Constitution are addressed, the legislature exercises discretion over what specific conduct is prohibited, permitted, or otherwise regulated under the state ethics code. Assuming no […]
84-11.5 Reporting of gifts. (a) Every legislator and employee shall file a gifts disclosure statement with the state ethics commission no later than June 30 of each year if all the following conditions are met: (1) The legislator or employee, or spouse or dependent child of a legislator or employee, received directly or indirectly from one source any gift or gifts valued singly or in the aggregate in excess of $200, whether the gift is in the form of money, service, goods, or in any other form; (2) The source of the gift or gifts have interests that may be affected by official action or lack of action by the legislator or employee; and (3) The gift is not exempted by subsection (d) from reporting requirements under this subsection. (b) The report shall cover the period from June 1 of the preceding calendar year through May 31 of the year of the report. (c) The gifts disclosure statement shall contain the following information: (1) A description of the gift; (2) A good faith estimate of the value of the gift; (3) The date the gift was received; and (4) The name of the person, business entity, or organization from whom, or on behalf of whom, the gift was received. (d) Excluded from the reporting requirements of this section are the following: (1) Gifts received by will or intestate succession; (2) Gifts received by way of distribution of any inter vivos or testamentary trust established by a spouse or ancestor; (3) Gifts from a spouse, fiance, fiancee, any relative within four degrees of consanguinity or the spouse, fiance, or fiancee of such a relative. A gift from any such person is a reportable gift if the person is acting as an agent or intermediary for any person not covered by this paragraph; (4) Political campaign contributions that comply with state law; (5) Anything available to or distributed to the public generally without regard to the official status of the recipient; (6) Gifts that, within thirty days after receipt, are returned to the giver or delivered to a public body or to a bona fide educational or chari
§84-11.5 Reporting of gifts. (a) Every legislator and employee shall file a gifts disclosure statement with the state ethics commission no later than June 30 of each year if all the following conditions are met: (1) The legislator or employee, or spouse or dependent child of a legislator or employee, received directly or indirectly from […]