Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2804 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow a registered voter to take an income tax deduction for contributions to candidates seeking office in the voter's district, without regard to whether the candidate agrees to abide by campaign spending limits.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Common Cause Hawaii and the League of Women Voters of Hawaii. Your Committee received testimony in opposition from the state Department of Taxation and the state Campaign Spending Commission.

Your Committee finds that this measure would encourage voter awareness of elections taking place in their districts.

Your Committee has made technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the sake 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. 2804, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2804, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.