STAND. COM. REP. NO. 263
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1383
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 1383 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT REFORM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to address government corruption by instituting the following bribery-reporting requirements:
(1) Any public official receiving an offer of a bribe shall immediately disclose the offer to law enforcement officials. Failure to disclose is a class B felony; and
(2) Any person seeking either a government contract or a vote of a public official who receives an offer of a bribe shall immediately disclose the offer to law enforcement officials. Failure to disclose is a class C felony.
The State Ethics Commission, The League of Women Voters of Hawaii, and Citizen Voice testified in support of this bill.
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. 1383 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,
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____________________________ MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair |
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