STAND. COM. REP. NO. 738-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2829
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2829, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ELECTIONS APPOINTMENT AND
     REVIEW PANEL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the elections
operations by:

     (1)  Appropriating an unspecified amount for the Elections
          Appointment and Review Panel (Panel) to carry out its
          responsibilities pursuant to section 11-2.7, Hawaii
          Revised Statutes; and

     (2)  Specifying that the Panel may remove the Chief Election
          Officer for good cause.

     The State Attorney General testified in support of this
bill.  The Panel offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Designating the Office of the Lieutenant Governor as
          the expending agency; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the
          purpose of clarity.

 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2829, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2829, H.D.
2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair