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Committee advances nepotism code amendment to ethics board review, sets 60-day review and postpones final action
Summary
Bill 21, which would amend Hawaii County Code to align nepotism provisions with state law (and expand certain familial definitions), was referred to the Board of Ethics for a 60‑day review; the committee also postponed further action to its Feb. 4 meeting to collect additional input from HR and procurement staff.
The Committee on Governmental Operations and External Affairs advanced Bill 21 — an amendment to Chapter 2, Article 15 of the Hawaii County Code addressing nepotism — by referring the draft to the Board of Ethics for review with a 60‑day response request and by postponing further committee action to the Feb. 4 meeting to allow additional staff input.
Councilmember Kimball introduced the measure as a code alignment with recent updates to Hawaii Revised Statutes section 84-13.2 to provide consistent standards for fair hiring and contracting practices. Human Resources Director Summer Tokihero told the…
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