STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1299-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2667
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred S.B. No. 2667 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NO CANDIDATES FILED FOR AN
     ELECTIVE OFFICE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to extend the time for the chief
election officer or clerk to accept nomination papers if no
candidates have filed for an elective office.

     Testimony in support of this measure was provided by the
Office of Elections.

     Your Committee believes this provision will encourage wider
participation in contests for elective office.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting the words "next succeeding" from the phrase
          "fiftieth day prior to the next succeeding . . .
          election" to clarify that the extended deadline occurs
          before the immediately following election; and

     (2)  Adding a reference to the "special primary" in the
          phrase following "fiftieth day prior" for consistency
          with the three elections (primary, special primary, and
          special) mentioned earlier in the bill.


 
 
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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 S.B. No. 2667, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No.
2667, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair