State House Rep. James Tokioka, D-Kauai, has entered into a plea agreement to settle a charge by the state Department of the Attorney General that he failed to file a complete and accurate candidate committee report.
Under the terms of the agreement reached with the state, Tokioka has agreed to enter either a guilty or no contest plea, pay $1,000 to the Crime Victim Compensation Fund in lieu of a fine, and publish an apology on his campaign Facebook page. That is in exchange for the state not objecting to his motion for a deferred acceptance of his plea, according to the attorney general.
“The Department of the Attorney General, working in conjunction with the Campaign Spending Commission, determined that Representative Tokioka recklessly filed candidate committee reports that were not complete and accurate,” Attorney General Doug Chin said.
According to The Garden Island, an affiliate of West Hawaii Today, the misdemeanor charge stems from Tokioka violating campaign finance report requirements during the 2014 election
Tokioka is scheduled to appear in Honolulu District Court on Aug. 31.