Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred S.B. No. 902 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the use of Washington Place for events intended to solicit funds, support, or votes for any candidate for political office.

Your Committee finds that this bill parallels the State Ethics Code, which prohibits state employees from taking advantage of their official position to grant unwarranted privileges to themselves or others.

The Hawaii State Ethics Commission, League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Common Cause Hawaii, and Advocates for Consumer Rights submitted testimony in support of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 902 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.