SB2279

Report Title:

Standard of Conduct; Public Employees

 

Description:

Prohibits a head of a state or county regulatory agency from being employed by a company that is regulated by the agency head's agency for a period of not less than five years.

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2279
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to standards of conduct.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 84-18, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§84-18 Restrictions on post employment. (a) No former legislator or employee shall disclose any information which by law or practice is not available to the public and which 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 personal gain or the benefit of anyone.

(b) No former legislator, within twelve months after termination of the former legislator's employment, shall represent any person or business for a fee or other consideration, on matters in which the former legislator participated as a legislator or on matters involving official action by the legislature.

(c) No former employee, within twelve months after termination of the former employee's employment, shall represent any person or business for a fee or other consideration, on matters in which the former employee participated as an employee or on matters involving official action by the particular state agency or subdivision thereof with which the former employee had actually served.

(d) No former employee who served in a position appointed by, or requiring the approval of, the governor or any mayor, within five years after termination of the former employee's employment, shall represent any person or business or otherwise be employed by any person or business for a fee or other consideration, on matters in which the former employee participated or regulated while serving in the appointed position, or on matters involving official action by the particular state agency or subdivision thereof with which the former employee had actually served.

[(d)] (e) This section shall not prohibit any agency from contracting with a former legislator or employee to act on a matter on behalf of the State within the period of limitations stated herein, and shall not prevent such legislator or employee from appearing before any agency in relation to such employment.

[(e)] (f) This section shall not apply to any person who is employed by the State for a period of less than one hundred and eighty-one days.

[(f)] (g) For the purposes of this section, "represent" means to engage in direct communication on behalf of any person or business with a legislator, a legislative employee, a particular state agency or subdivision thereof, or their employees."

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

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

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