STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2319

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2669
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
2669 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OFFICE OF
     ELECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate money for the
Office of Elections to hire and compensate staff.

     Your Committee finds that the Office of Elections, which is
primarily responsible for the administration of Hawaii's
elections, performs many functions crucial to our democracy.
Your Committee further finds that to effectively meet their
responsibilities, the Office of Elections must have additional
funds to hire and retain competent and experienced staff.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Office of Elections and the League of Women Voters.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
2669 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means.


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



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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