STAND. COM. REP. NO.464-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 1717

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1717, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ETHICS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to create a mandatory Ethics Training Program (Program) for legislators and appointed state employees.

The Honolulu Police Department and Common Cause submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Hawaii State Ethics Commission and an individual submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Requiring only state legislators, executive department heads and deputies, trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and elected members of the Board of Education to participate in the Program;

(2) Reducing the minimum length of the ethics training course from three to two hours;

(3) Deleting the continuing education requirement; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1717, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1717, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair