Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 2841 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide that if an elected official is convicted of a crime that disqualifies that person from office, the date the person shall step down from office is the date of conviction and not the date of sentencing.

The League of Women Voters of Hawaii and Common Cause Hawaii supported this bill. The Campaign Spending Commission commented on this bill. The Office of the Public Defender opposed this bill.

Your Committee believes that this measure should be looked at more closely by your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs to see how the appointment process will be impacted if an elected official is convicted but the conviction is subsequently overturned on appeal.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2841 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.