Haw. Rev. Stat. § 84-17.5
Disclosure files; disposition
Hawaii · Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 84 — Standards of Conduct · Status: effective
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- Haw. Rev. Stat. § 84-17.5, Disclosure files; disposition, Hawaii, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2396025
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(a) All financial disclosure statements filed by a legislator, employee, or delegate to a constitutional convention shall be maintained by the state ethics commission for a period of six years from the date of the financial disclosure statement's filing. Upon the expiration of the six-year period, the financial disclosure statement and all copies thereof may be destroyed.
(b) Upon the expiration of six years after an election for which a candidate for state elective office or a constitutional convention has filed a financial disclosure statement, the state ethics commission may destroy the candidate's financial disclosure statement and all copies thereof.
(c) Financial disclosure statements provided for in section 84-17(d) shall cease to be public records once the six-year period in subsection (a) or (b) has run.
(d) Nothing herein shall bar the state ethics commission from retaining a financial disclosure statement or copy of a financial disclosure statement that has become part of a charge case or advisory opinion request, or is part of an ongoing investigation.