HRS §78-65
County mayors cannot hold other jobs or get outside pay
Starting in late 2022, county mayors must give up outside jobs, business control, and outside pay within 61 days of taking office. They may put a business they control into a blind trust instead. This section defines what counts as a blind trust and what counts as outside pay.
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The statute, as written — County mayors; outside employment and emoluments prohibited
(a) Beginning November 1, 2022, as of the sixty-first calendar day after election or appointment to office, it shall be unlawful for each county mayor, while holding that office, to maintain any other employment, maintain a controlling interest in a business, or receive any emolument. (b) Where a mayor has a controlling interest in a business, in order to comply with this section, the mayor may transfer the interest to a blind trust within sixty-one days of election or appointment. (c) As used in this section: "Blind trust" means a trust agreement where neither the trustor nor the beneficiaries have any control or influence over, or knowledge of, the assets in the trust, and which complies with the definition of "qualified blind trust" in the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C. App. 4 section 101 et seq., as amended. "Emolument" means any salary, fee, payment, wage, earning, allowance, stipend, honorarium, or reward; provided that "emolument" does not include the salary or benefits for service as a county mayor or any pension income; retirement income; social security payment; non-controlling ownership of stocks, mutual funds, or real estate; rental income; or other form of passive income.
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