STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1291-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 915
                                     S.D. 1
                                     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. 915, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CANDIDATE VACANCIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require replacement
candidates to fill out an application for nomination, sign the
proper certifications, and take either the oath or affirmation of
loyalty.

     The State Office of Elections and Common Cause Hawaii
testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee finds that under current election law
replacement candidates are not required to provide the same
certifications as initial candidates.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the
required oath or affirmation "of loyalty" to "as provided by
law."

     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. 915, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 915, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the
calendar for Third Reading.

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



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair