Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1713, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide comprehensive public funding to candidates running for state legislative offices and for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor.

A member of the Maui County Council, a member of the Hawaii County Council, Sierra Club-Hawaii Chapter, the Executive Director of Hawaii Clean Elections, Life of The Land, American Association of Retired People Hawaii, The League of Women Voters, Kokua Council, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Conservation Council for Hawaii, The Interfaith Alliance Hawaii, Oahu County Committee - Democratic Party of Hawaii, Americans for Democratic Action - Hawaii Chapter, The Mestizo Association, Global HOPE, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill. The State of Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission and Department of Taxation opposed this bill. The Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Budget and Finance, Office of Elections, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, President of Hawaii Clean Elections, and a concerned individual provided comments on this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1713, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.