HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

741

THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021

H.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO ETHICS.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 97-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§97-4  Manner of filing; public records.  All statements required by this chapter to be filed with the state ethics commission:

     (1)  Shall be deemed properly filed when delivered or deposited in an established post office within the prescribed time[,]; duly stamped, registered, or certified[,]; and directed to the state ethics commission; provided[, however,] that in the event it is not received, a duplicate of the statement shall be promptly filed upon notice by the state ethics commission of its nonreceipt; and

     (2)  Shall be [preserved] maintained by the state ethics commission for a period of [four] six years from the date of filing; and shall constitute part of the public records of the state ethics commission."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.



 

Report Title:

Hawaii State Ethics Commission; Records Retention

 

Description:

Requires certain Hawaii state ethics commission records to be retained for a period of six years from the date of filing.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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