STAND. COM. REP. NO. 523

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 72
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 72 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to amend the State's campaign
spending laws concerning the voluntary expenditure limit and
public matching fund program.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this bill
from the Campaign Spending Commission, Common Cause Hawaii and
the League of Women Voters of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that reform of the law concerning
campaign expenditure limits is necessary.  This bill clarifies
those provisions of the law concerning the voluntary expenditure
limit and public matching fund program.  This bill further
clarifies the definition of a "qualifying campaign contribution."

     Upon careful consideration, your Committee has amended this
bill by:

     1) Modifying the definition of "Qualifying Campaign
Contribution"; and

     2) Making technical, nonsubstantive revisions for purposes
of clarity and style.


 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 72, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 72,
H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair