STAND. COM. REP. 2211
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 3198
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3198 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to amend current election laws and amend Hawaii election campaign operational funding.
Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Campaign Spending Commission, Advocates for Consumer Rights, First Unitarian Church, Hawaii Clean Elections Coalition, Hawaii Coalition for Good Government, League of Women Voters, Sierra Club Hawaii Chapter, and nine individuals.
Your Committee finds that there is a need to revise the current election campaign contributions and expenditures law, and these changes will be accomplished through this measure by:
(1) Deleting the Campaign Spending Commission's power to censure candidates failing to abide by the code of fair campaign practices, pursuant to the court ruling that this provision is unconstitutional;
(2) Prohibiting campaign donations in cash over $100;
(3) Prohibiting government contractors from making political contributions prior to the availability of and after the completion of a contract; and
(4) Requiring the Campaign Spending Commission's operational funding to be funded by an annual appropriation.
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 S.B. No. 3198 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair |
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