Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 413 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to place the Office of Elections within the Office of the Auditor for administrative purposes.

The American Civil Liberties Union and two concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that oversight by the Auditor will assure public confidence in the independence of the elections process.

Your Committee has made a technical, nonsubstantive change for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 413, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 413, H.D. 1.