Haw. Rev. Stat. § 84-11

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 84-11 - Gifts

No legislator or employee shall solicit, accept, or receive, directly or indirectly, any gift, whether in the form of money, service, loan, travel, entertainment, hospitality, thing, or promise, or in any other form, under circumstances in which it can reasonably be inferred that the gift is intended to influence the legislator or employee in the performance of the legislator's or employee's official duties or is intended as a reward for any official action on the legislator's or employee's part.

HRS § 84-11

L 1972, c 163, pt of §1; gen ch 1985

Attorney General Opinions

Section does not apply to receipt by department of agriculture of gifts from private sector to assist in preventing entry of brown tree snakes into Hawaii, since the gifts are to be used by department to conduct official department functions. Att. Gen. Op. 92-04.