Report Title:
Elections; Campaign Spending Reports
Description:
Requires electronic filing of campaign spending reports for legislative candidates; enhances campaign spending law enforcement.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
1444 |
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TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 11-195, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
"(f) For purposes of this subpart, whenever a report is required to be filed with the commission, "filed" means received in the office of the commission or county clerk, whichever is applicable, by the date and time specified for the filing of the report; except that a candidate or the committee of a candidate who is seeking election to the office of:
(1) Governor;
(2) Lieutenant governor;
(3) Mayor;
(4) Prosecuting attorney; [or]
(5) County council;
(6) Senate; or
(7) House of representatives;
shall file by electronic means in the manner prescribed by the commission. Candidates for the offices named in this subsection with contributions or expenditures of less than $5,000 need not file by electronic means."
SECTION 2. Section 11-228, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) In the performance of its required duties, the commission may render a decision or issue an order affecting any person violating any provision of this subpart that shall provide for the assessment of an administrative fine in the manner prescribed as follows:
(1) If a natural person, an amount not to exceed $1,000 for each occurrence or an amount equivalent to three times the amount of an unlawful contribution or expenditure, whichever is greater; or
(2) If a corporation, organization, association, or labor union, it shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 for each occurrence[; and] or an amount equivalent to three times the amount of an unlawful contribution or expenditure, whichever is greater; and
(3) Whenever a corporation, organization, association, or labor union violates this subpart, the violation shall be deemed to be also that of the individual directors, officers, or agents of the corporation, organization, association, or labor union, who have knowingly authorized, ordered, or done any of the acts constituting the violation."
SECTION 3. Section 11-229, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Any person who knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly violates any provision of this subpart shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. A person who is convicted under this section shall be disqualified from holding elective public office for a period of four years from the date of conviction. Any person who intentionally or knowingly commits two or more violations of this subpart and two or more of these violations are deemed to be part of a pattern intended to conceal an ongoing or past violations of this subpart shall be guilty of a class C felony."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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