Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1140 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

EARP testified in support of this bill. A member of EARP submitted comments.

Current law requires EARP to submit biennial performance evaluations of Hawaii's election system to the Legislature in odd-numbered years. This allows EARP only one month to prepare its report for submission. Changing the reporting time from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years, will give EARP ample time to review the operations of the election system and provide sound recommendations to lawmakers.

Your Committee further finds this appropriation will promote greater public accountability by allowing EARP to hold public hearings on proposed administrative rules in every county.

Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

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 H.B. No. 1140, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1140, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.