REPORT TITLE:
$ Elections Panel


DESCRIPTION:
Makes an appropriation for the Elections Appointment and Review
Panel.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                             
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2581
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                     
STATE OF HAWAII                                                 
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ELECTIONS APPOINTMENT AND REVIEW
   PANEL.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Act 141, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, required
 
 2 the elections appointment and review panel to develop and
 
 3 implement an elections review program, the purposes of which are
 
 4 to:
 
 5      (1)  Adopt administrative rules to establish performance
 
 6           standards for the operation of elections and the chief
 
 7           elections officer;
 
 8      (2)  Review the operation of elections and the chief
 
 9           election officer's performance;
 
10      (3)  Make recommendations to the chief election officer on
 
11           improving the operation of elections;
 
12      (4)  Establish policies for the administration of an
 
13           elections observer program;
 
14      (5)  Conduct biennial performance evaluation of both the
 
15           operations of elections and the chief election officer;
 
16           and
 
17      (6)  Submit findings and recommendations to the legislature
 
18           in each regular session in odd-numbered years.
 
19      The purpose of this Act is to make an appropriation for the
 

 
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 1 elections appointment review panel to develop and implement an
 
 2 elections review program.
 
 3      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
 4 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $       , or so much
 
 5 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000-2001, for the
 
 6 elections appointment and review panel to develop and implement
 
 7 an elections review program as required under Act 141, Session
 
 8 Laws of Hawaii 1999.
 
 9      SECTION 3.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 
10 elections appointment and review panel for the purposes of this
 
11 Act.
 
12      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2000.
 
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14                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________