CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 139

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   H.B. No. 1471
                                  H.D. 1
                                  S.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 1471, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1) Establish an elections review program and require
         assessment of the performance of the Chief Election
         Officer;

     (2) Change the name of the Elections Appointment Panel to
         the Elections Appointment and Review Panel;

     (3) Allow appointment of four members of the Elections
         Appointment and Review Panel by the leadership of the

 
 
 
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         majority and minority parties of each house of the
         legislature;

     (4) Assign the Office of Elections and the Elections
         Appointment and Review Panel to the Department of
         Accounting and General Services for administrative
         purposes; and

     (5) Make an appropriation of $5,000 to support the purposes
         of this bill.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

     (1) Deleting the provision which would require the Elections
         Appointment and Review Panel to review complaints filed
         against the operation of any election or the performance
         of the Chief Election Officer;

     (2) Deleting the establishment of advisory subcommittees to
         assist the panel;

     (3) Keeping the Office of Elections attached to the Office
         of the Lieutenant Governor instead of the Department of
         Accounting and General Services;;

     (4) Clarifying that the terms for all members of the
         Elections Appointment and Review Panel expire six years
         and four years respectfully, from the date the first
         member is appointed;

     (5) Requiring that any holdover member not remain in office
         longer than six months after the member's term has
         expired;

     (6) Requiring that the findings and recommendation for the
         biennial performance evaluation to the legislature be
         submitted not less than twenty days prior to the
         convening of each regular session held in odd-numbered
         years;

     (7) Deleting the $5,000 appropriation; and

     (8) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the
         purposes of style and clarity.

 
 
 
 
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     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of H.B. No. 1471, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 1471, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.
                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
           SENATE                              HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
AVERY B.CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair         PAUL T. OSHIRO, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
MATT M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair        EZRA R. KANOHO, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair           LEI AHU ISA, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
LES IHARA, JR., Member             ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
WHITNEY ANDERSON, Member           EMILY J. AUWAE, Member