Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 174-4

  • Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 174-2
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Project: means an area, contiguous or noncontiguous, established under this chapter within which water is supplied to the State or the Hawaiian homes commission for the development and opening of lands or to land occupiers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 174-2
  • Water facility: includes all real and personal property, together with all improvements to the same, acquired or constructed pursuant to a plan or undertaking to provide water within a project for economic development, under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 174-2

No member of the board of land and natural resources or employees of the board shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any land or water facility or project or in any property, included or planned to be included in any facility or project, nor shall any member of the board or employee of the board have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract, for materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with any land or water facility or project. If any member of the board or employee of the board owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included or planned to be included in any land or water facility or project, the member of the board or employee of the board shall immediately disclose the same in writing to the board and the disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the board. The member of the board or employee shall be immediately disqualified from taking any part in the action of the board relative to the land or water facility or project. Failure to so disclose the interest shall constitute misconduct in office.