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HI Rev Stat § 78-64 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-64 New employees; orientation on benefits and rights.

  §78-64 New employees; orientation on benefits and rights. (a) Each newly hired employee shall be provided a general orientation on the employee's benefits and rights within twenty calendar days of being hired. The orientation shall be conducted by the employee's respective jurisdiction.  (b) The exclusive representative who represents the employee, if any, may attend the employee's general orientation and present information on the employee's benefits and rights.  (c) As used in this section, "exclusive representative" has the same meaning as in section 76-11. [L 2019, c 209, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 78-65 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|78. Public Service|78-65 County mayors; outside employment and emoluments prohibited.

  §78-65 County mayors; 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 each county mayor, while holding that office, to maintain any other employment, maintain a controlling interest in a business, or receive any emolument.  (b) Where a mayor has a controlling interest in a business, in order to comply with this section, the mayor may transfer the interest to a blind trust within sixty-one days of election or appointment.  (c) As used in this section:  "Blind trust" means a trust agreement where neither the trustor nor the beneficiaries have any control or influence over, or knowledge of, the assets in the trust, and which complies with the definition of "qualified blind trust" in the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C. App. 4 section 101 et seq., as amended.  "Emolument" means any salary, fee, payment, wage, earning, allowance, stipend, honorarium, or reward; provided that "emolument" does not include the salary or benefits for service as a county mayor or any pension income; retirement income; social security payment; non-controlling ownership of stocks, mutual funds, or real estate; rental income; or other form of passive income. [L 2020, c 75, §2] Cross References  Governor; outside employment and emoluments prohibited, see §84-14.5.
HI Rev Stat § 84-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|84-1 Construction.

  §84-1 Construction. This chapter shall be liberally construed to promote high standards of ethical conduct in state government. [L 1972, c 163, pt of §1] Law Journals and Reviews  The Lawyer-Legislator and the Canons of Ethics. 1 HBJ, Jan 1959, at 11.
HI Rev Stat § 84-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|84-2 Applicability.

 §84-2 Applicability. This chapter shall apply to every nominated, appointed, or elected officer, employee, and candidate to elected office of the State and for election to the constitutional convention, but excluding justices and judges; provided that in the case of elected delegates and employees of the constitutional convention, this chapter shall apply only to the enforcement and administration of the code of ethics adopted by the constitutional convention. [L 1972, c 163, pt of §1; am L 1979, c 91, §3] Case Notes  Commission has no jurisdiction to continue with charges against employee after employee resigns. 53 H. 373, 494 P.2d 559.
HI Rev Stat § 84-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|84-3 Definitions.

  §84-3 Definitions.  "Business" includes a corporation, a partnership, a sole proprietorship, a trust or foundation, or any other individual or organization carrying on a business, whether or not operated for profit.  "Compensation" means any money, thing of value, or economic benefit conferred on or received by any person in return for services rendered or to be rendered by oneself or another.  "Controlling interest" means an interest in a business or other undertaking which is sufficient in fact to control, whether the interest be greater or less than fifty per cent.  "Employee" means any nominated, appointed, or elected officer or employee of the State, including members of boards, commissions, and committees, and employees under contract to the State or of the constitutional convention, but excluding legislators, delegates to the constitutional convention, justices and judges.  "Employment" means any rendering of services for compensation.  "Financial interest" means an interest held by an individual, the individual's spouse, or dependent children which is:  (1) An ownership interest in a business.  (2) A creditor interest in an insolvent business.  (3) An employment, or prospective employment for which negotiations have begun.  (4) An ownership interest in real or personal property.  (5) A loan or other debtor interest.  (6) A directorship or officership in a business.  "Official act" or "official action" means a decision, recommendation, approval, disapproval, or other action, including inaction, which involves the use of discretionary authority.  "Official authority" includes administrative or legislative powers of decision, recommendation, approval, disapproval, or other discretionary action.  "State agency" includes the State, the legislature and its committees, all executive departments, boards, commissions, committees, bureaus, offices, the University of Hawaii, and all independent commissions and other establishments of the state government but excluding the courts.  "Task force" means a group convened by resolution, statute, executive order, proclamation, or by invitation of the legislature, governor, or another state officer, to study a specific subject or issue, for a specific defined period of time, and to report to, offer a recommendation to, or advise the legislature, governor, or a state officer. [L 1972, c 163, pt of §1; am L 1978, c 245, §1; am L 1979, c 91, §4; gen ch 1985; am L 2012, c 208, §2] Revision Note  Definitions restyled.
HI Rev Stat § 84-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|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 other state or federal constitutional provision is brought into play, the legislature may exempt certain conduct from the state ethics code or otherwise subject it to related regulation, such as disclosure requirements. Att. Gen. Op. 15-2.  The state ethics code must apply to all state employees; individual employees may not be exempted from the state ethics code. Att. Gen. Op. 15-2.  §84-11 Gifts. No legislator or employee shall solicit, accept, or receive, directly or indirectly, any gift, whether in the form of money, service, loan, travel, entertainment, hospitality, thing, or promise, or in any other form, under circumstances in which it can reasonably be inferred that the gift is intended to influence the legislator or employee in the performance of the legislator's or employee's official duties or is intended as a reward for any official action on the legislator's or employee's part. [L 1972, c 163, pt of §1; gen ch 1985] Attorney General Opinions  Section does not apply to receipt by department of agriculture of gifts from private sector to assist in preventing entry of brown tree snakes into Hawaii, since the gifts are to be used by department to conduct official department functions. Att. Gen. Op. 92-04.
HI Rev Stat § 84-12 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|84-12 Confidential information.

 §84-12 Confidential information. No legislator or employee shall disclose information which by law or practice is not available to the public and which the legislator or employee acquires in the course of the legislator's or employee's official duties, or use the information for the legislator's or employee's personal gain or for the benefit of anyone; provided that this section shall not preclude a person who serves as the designee or representative of an entity that is a member of a task force from disclosing information to the entity which the person acquires as the entity's designee or representative. [L 1972, c 163, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 2012, c 208, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 84-13.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|84-13.5 Washington Place; campaign activities.

  §84-13.5 Washington Place; campaign activities. The governor shall not allow Washington Place to be used for any events intended to solicit funds, support, or votes for any candidate for elective public office. [L 2002, c 46, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 84-14.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|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 has a controlling interest in a business, in order to comply with this section, the governor may transfer the interest to a blind trust within sixty-one days of election or appointment.   (c) As used in this section:  "Blind trust" means a trust agreement where neither the trustor nor the beneficiaries have any control or influence over, or knowledge of, the assets in the trust, and which complies with the definition of "qualified blind trust" in the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C. App. 4 section 101 et seq., as amended.  "Emolument" means any salary, fee, payment, wage, earning, allowance, stipend, honorarium, or reward; provided that "emolument" does not include the salary or benefits for service as the governor or any pension income; retirement income; social security payment; non-controlling ownership of stocks, mutual funds, or real estate; rental income; or other form of passive income. [L 2020, c 75, §3] Cross References  County mayors; outside employment and emoluments prohibited, see §78-65.
HI Rev Stat § 84-15 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|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) The contract is awarded by competitive sealed bidding pursuant to section 103D-302;  (2) The contract is awarded by competitive sealed proposal pursuant to section 103D-303; or  (3) The agency posts a notice of its intent to award the contract and files a copy of the notice with the state ethics commission at least ten days before the contract is awarded.  (b) A state agency shall not enter into a contract with any person or business which is represented or assisted personally in the matter by a person who has been an employee of the agency within the preceding two years and who participated while in state office or employment in the matter with which the contract is directly concerned. This subsection shall not apply to any contract that is awarded in accordance with subsection (a) with a person or business represented or assisted by a person who was a member of a task force or served as the designee or representative of a task force member. [L 1972, c 163, pt of §1; am L 1978, c 245, §3; gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 226, §1; am L 1995, c 178, §2; am L 2012, c 208, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 84-16 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|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 be taken into account, and the action to void the transaction is initiated within sixty days after the determination of a violation under this chapter. The attorney general shall have the authority to enforce this provision. [L 1972, c 163, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 84-17.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|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 all copies thereof shall be destroyed.  (b) Upon the expiration of six years after an election for which a candidate for state elective office or a constitutional convention has filed a financial disclosure statement, the state ethics commission shall destroy the candidate's financial disclosure statement and all copies thereof.  (c) Financial disclosure statements provided for in section 84-17(d) shall cease to be public records once the six-year period in subsection (a) or (b) has run.  (d) Nothing herein shall bar the state ethics commission from retaining a financial disclosure statement or copy of a financial disclosure statement that has become part of a charge case or advisory opinion request, or is part of an ongoing investigation. [L 1989, c 219, §1; am L 1993, c 27, §1; am L 1997, c 49, §1; am L 2019, c 120, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 84-19 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|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) The State by the attorney general may recover any fee, compensation, gift, or profit received by any person as a result of a violation of the code of ethics by a legislator or employee or former legislator or employee. Action to recover under this subsection shall be brought within one year of a determination of such violation.  (c) Any violation of this chapter by an employee, candidate for election to and elected delegate to the constitutional convention shall be punishable only in accordance with the code of ethics adopted by the constitutional convention. [L 1972, c 163, pt of §1; am L 1979, c 91, §7; am L 1981, c 82, §11; am L 1989, c 291, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 84-21 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|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 the commission shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State. Members of the commission shall hold no other public office.  (b) The chairperson of the commission shall be elected by the majority of the members of the commission. The term of each member of the commission shall be for four years. No person shall be appointed consecutively to more than two terms as a member of the commission. A vacancy on the commission shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment, except that the judicial council shall nominate for gubernatorial appointment two persons for a vacancy.  (c) No member of the commission shall hold office for more than one hundred and twenty days after the expiration of the member's term. If the governor fails to appoint a person to a vacant office within sixty days after receipt of the list of nominees from the judicial council, council shall select a person from its list of nominees to fill the vacant office, notwithstanding subsection (b) and section 26-34 to the contrary.  (d) The governor may remove or suspend any member of the commission upon the filing of a written finding with the commission, and upon service of a copy of the written finding on the member to be removed or suspended. [L 1972, c 163, pt of §1; gen ch 1993; am L 1995, c 228, §1] Attorney General Opinions  Member whose term has expired is entitled to hold over as a de facto officer until successor is appointed. Att. Gen. Op. 70-1.  For a commissioner to be reappointed to second term, judicial council must submit the commissioner's name along with another. Att. Gen. Op. 70-1.
HI Rev Stat § 84-31.3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|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 perjury and subject to the penalty set forth in section 710-1060.  (b) Whoever is convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction of the crime of perjury under this section, in addition to any other punishment prescribed by law thereof, shall be required by court order to reimburse the person against whom the false charge was filed for all of the person's legal expenses and any other expenses incurred in relation to the person's defense against the false complaint.  (c) If such charge is filed within six months prior to an election in which the accused's name appears on the ballot, the person filing the false complaint shall pay to the accused the amount set out above plus an equal amount to the general fund of the State.  (d) This section shall not supersede or preclude any other right or remedy at law available to the person falsely accused. [L 1992, c 322, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 84-31.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|84-31.5 REPEALED.

  §84-31.5 REPEALED. L 1998, c 32, §1.
HI Rev Stat § 84-33 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|84-33 Disciplinary action for violation.

 §84-33 Disciplinary action for violation. In addition to any other powers the civil service commission or other authority may have to discipline employees, the civil service commission or authority may reprimand, put on probation, demote, suspend, or discharge an employee found to have violated the code of ethics. [L 1972, c 163, pt of §1; am L 1981, c 82, §13] Cross References  Civil service, merit appeals board, etc., see §26-5 and chapter 76.
HI Rev Stat § 84-34 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|84-34 No compensation.

 §84-34 No compensation. The members of the ethics commission shall serve without compensation but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. [L 1972, c 163, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 84-35 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|84-35 Staff.

 §84-35 Staff. The ethics commission may employ and at pleasure remove such persons, including an executive director, as it may deem necessary for the performance of its functions. Effective July 1, 2005, the salary of the executive director shall be the same as the salary of the director of health. The commission shall fix the compensations of its employees within the amounts made available by appropriation therefor. The employees of the commission shall be exempt from chapter 76. [L 1972, c 163, pt of §1; am L 1982, c 129, §31; am L 1986, c 128, §29; am L 1989, c 329, §19; am L 1990, c 140, §2; am L 1992, c 52, §1; am L 2000, c 253, §150; am L 2005, c 225, §5]
HI Rev Stat § 84-35.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|84-35.5 Prohibition from political activity.

  §84-35.5 Prohibition from political activity. The members of the ethics commission and its staff shall not take an active part in political management or in political campaigns during the term of office or employment. [L 1979, c 91, §10]
HI Rev Stat § 84-36 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|84-36 Cooperation.

 §84-36 Cooperation. The ethics commission may request and shall receive from every department, division, board, bureau, commission, or other agency of the State cooperation and assistance in the performance of its duties. [L 1972, c 163, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 84-37 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|84-37 Concurrent jurisdiction.

 §84-37 Concurrent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any provision contained herein, pursuant to article III, section 12 of the constitution of the State of Hawaii each house of the legislature may prescribe further rules of conduct covering its members and may investigate and discipline a member for any violation of its rules or the code of ethics. [L 1972, c 163, pt of §1; am L 1981, c 82, §14]
HI Rev Stat § 84-38 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|84-38 Judicial branch.

  §84-38 Judicial branch. The powers and duties assigned in this part IV to the governor shall, with respect to employees in the judicial branch, be assigned to the chief justice of the supreme court. [L 1977, c 159, §15]
HI Rev Stat § 84-39 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|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 section shall be deposited in the general fund.  (b) No fine shall be assessed under this section unless:  (1) The state ethics commission convenes a hearing in accordance with section 84-31(c) and chapter 91 and a decision has been rendered by the commission; or  (2) The state ethics commission and respondent agree to resolve any charge of an alleged violation prior to completion of the contested case process and the resolution includes payment of an administrative fine or restitution, or both. [L 2006, c 207, §1; am L 2017, c 50, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 84-41 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|84. Standards of Conduct|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 L 2011, c 5, §11]