FILING OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS BY CANDIDATES FOR STATE ELECTIVE OFFICE

News Release from Hawaii State Ethics Commission, July 26, 2016

All candidates for state elective office are required by state law to file a disclosure of financial interests statement (“financial disclosure statement”) with the Hawaii State Ethics Commission. These financial disclosure statements are public records and are available for public inspection. The candidate’s financial disclosure statement includes information about a candidate’s sources of income, business ownership interests, debts, real property ownership interests, officer and director positions held in businesses, and other financial interests.

The statutory deadline for candidates to file their financial disclosure statements with the Hawaii State Ethics Commission was Friday, July 22, 2016. 1  A total of 145 out of 169 candidates filed their financial disclosure statements by the deadline.

Hawaii Revised Statutes section 84-17(j) requires the Hawaii State Ethics Commission to release to the public a list of the names of all candidates who failed to file a candidate’s financial disclosure statement by the statutory deadline, and to assess a late filing penalty fee of $25 against those candidates.

The Hawaii State Ethics Commission did not receive a candidate’s financial disclosure statement by the statutory deadline from the following candidates and will assess a $25 penalty fee against these candidates:

CANDIDATES FOR STATE SENATE:

• AMSTERDAM, C. Kaui Jochanan
• ESPERO, Will
• FARRELL, David F.
• NAGAMINE, Robert K.
• WAKAI, Glenn

CANDIDATES FOR STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

• BISCHOFF, Stephen N.*
• CACHOLA, Romy M.
• COWSER, Janis E.
• FENTON, Larry
• HIGA, Anthony J.L.
• ING, Kaniela
• JEREMIAH, Bryan E.
• KEOHOKALOLE, Jarrett K.
• KOBAYASHI, Bertrand (Bert)
• LAWRENCE, Tiare
• MARTEN, Chayne+
• MARTINEZ, Rose
• PA'ALUHI, Marc K.
• PEREZ-GARREAUD, Nicola
• QUINLAN, Sean
• RODRIGUEZ, Cody Carlos
• SAY, Calvin K.Y.

CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS TRUSTEE:

• KALIMA, Leona LINDSEY,
• Robert K. (Bob)
• MACHADO, Colette (Pipi'i)

* Candidate’s financial disclosure statement was received after the statutory deadline.

+ Candidate attempted to electronically file by the statutory deadline but, due to submission error, form was unable to be processed. Candidate to resubmit form.

The Hawaii State Ethics Commission has posted all candidates’ financial disclosure statements on the Commission’s website: http://ethics.hawaii.gov. The public is also invited to review copies of candidates’ financial disclosure statements at the Commission’s office at 1001 Bishop Street, American Savings Bank Tower, Suite 970, Honolulu, Hawaii, from Monday through Friday between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

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