Report Title:
Campaign Spending; Advertisements; Notice Requirements
Description:
Requires businesses, individuals, and organizations to disclose, on the return address of campaign-related material, that the material contained in the mailing is campaign-related.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
3101 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to campaign spending.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 11-215, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§11-215 Advertising. (a) All advertisements shall contain the name and address of the candidate, committee, party, or person for whom the advertisement is for and the name and address of the candidate, committee, party, or person who is paying for the advertisement. If an advertisement is not authorized by a candidate or a candidate's committee, the advertisement and the envelope that contains the advertisement, if any, shall contain the name and address of the person paying for the advertisement[.] and shall clearly state on the advertisement and envelope, if any, that the advertisement is, or the envelope contains, campaign material.
(b) In addition to subsection (a), no candidate, person, or committee shall cause or submit any advertisement in support of a candidate, against a candidate's opponent, or with regard to a ballot issue to be published, broadcast, televised, or otherwise circulated and distributed except under the following conditions:
(1) The advertisement shall contain a notice in a prominent location that the literature or advertisement is published, broadcast, televised, or circulated with the approval and authority of the candidate, [provided that in the event that the literature or advertisement is paid for by a candidate, committee directly associated with a candidate, or ballot issue committee, the notice of approval and authority need not be included;] if applicable; or
(2) The advertisement shall contain a notice in a prominent location that the literature or advertisement is published, broadcast, televised, or circulated without the approval and authority of the candidate[.], if applicable.
(c) The penalty for violating this section shall be a fine not to exceed $25 for each advertisement that lacks the required disclaimer and no more than $5,000 aggregate."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before its effective date.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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