Haw. Rev. Stat. § 84-42
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Mandatory ethics training course.
Official statutory text
(a) Legislators, members of the board of education, trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs, the governor, the lieutenant governor, executive department heads and deputies, and every other person whose financial disclosure statement is a public record pursuant to section 84-17(d) shall complete a live ethics training course administered by the state ethics commission within ninety days of taking office and at least once every four years thereafter.
(b) All other employees shall complete either a live or an online ethics training course developed pursuant to section 84-43(c) and administered by the state ethics commission within ninety days of becoming an employee and at least once every four years thereafter. [L 2004, c 198, pt of §1; am L 2022, c 165, §2]
(b) All other employees shall complete either a live or an online ethics training course developed pursuant to section 84-43(c) and administered by the state ethics commission within ninety days of becoming an employee and at least once every four years thereafter. [L 2004, c 198, pt of §1; am L 2022, c 165, §2]
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