HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

251

TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 84-41, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§84-41[]]  Applicability of part.  This part applies to legislators[, elected]; members of the board of education[,]; trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs[,]; the governor[,]; the lieutenant governor[, and]; executive department heads and deputies[.]; the administrative director of the State; the president, vice presidents, assistant vice presidents, chancellors, and provosts of the University of Hawaii; the superintendent, deputy superintendent, state librarian, and special assistant to the state librarian of the department of education; the administrative director and deputy administrative director of the courts; and the administrator and assistant administrator of the office of Hawaiian affairs.  This part does not apply to any other officer or employee of the State."

     SECTION 2.  Section 84-43, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

     "(d)  [The ethics training course shall be held in January of each year for those who have not attended the course previously.]  The course shall last [at least] no more than two hours in length.  Those state officials and employees enumerated in section 84-41, who have not previously attended the ethics training course, shall complete the course within sixty days of their election or appointment to state office.  The state ethics commission may grant an extension of time to complete the course for good cause shown."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2059.


 


 

Report Title:

Mandatory Ethics Training

 

Description:

Adds certain administrative directors, department heads, and other high-level state positions to the enumerated list of people required to complete mandatory ethics training.  Effective January 1, 2059.  (HB251 HD1)

 

 

 

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