STAND. COM. REP. NO. 963

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 71
                                     H.D. 2




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

Sir:

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

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Amend campaign spending and disclosure laws to include
          contributions made to committees for ballot issues;

     (2)  Provide that organizations raising or expending funds
          for the purpose of informational and educational
          advertising are not "committees" subject to campaign
          contribution and expenditure laws;

     (3)  Change the dates on which preliminary reports must be
          filed with the commission; and

     (4)  Repeal short form reporting.

     Common Cause Hawaii testified in support of this measure.
The Campaign Spending Commission commented on the measure.

     Your Committee has amended the measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and 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.
71, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 71, H.D. 2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair