| Measure Title: | RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. |
| Report Title: | Campaign Spending |
| Description: | Restores integrity in elections by prohibiting a person from soliciting or receiving campaign donations on government property; prohibiting a government contractor with contracts in excess of $25,000 in the aggregate from making a contribution; prohibiting the use of campaign contributions for personal expenses; revising the amounts of campaign contributions; defining the ownership interest in a corporation or partnership as 25% for purposes of campaign contribution limits by individuals; amending registration requirements for candidates seeking reelection and specifying when committees are required to register; clarifying that excess contributions must be returned within 30 days or they will escheat to the Hawaii election campaign fund; making falsifying reports or contributing under a false name or anonymously with intent to circumvent the law or deceive the commission a class C felony; eliminating public funding for candidates in special elections; repealing the fundraiser limitations; and requiring the campaign spending commission to establish a schedule of administrative fines for violations that shall be deposited into the general fund. |
| Package: | None |
| Companion: | |
| Introducer(s): | B. OSHIRO, CALDWELL, Hamakawa |
| Current Referral: | JUD |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/28/2004 | H | Introduced and Pass First Reading |
| 2/2/2004 | H | Referred to JUD, referral sheet 6 |
$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment