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Committee amends county code to define immediate-family hiring restrictions, forwards nepotism bill
Summary
The committee approved an amendment to Bill 21 adopting language aligned with state statute to define immediate-family relationships and other terms related to nepotism and forwarded the bill to full Council with a favorable recommendation.
The Committee on Government Operations and External Affairs amended Bill 21—local legislation to strengthen nepotism restrictions—and voted to forward the measure to the full Council with a favorable recommendation.
Councilmember Kimball, who introduced the amendment, said the Board of Ethics recommended adopting language consistent with Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) that defines familial…
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