STAND. COM. REP. NO. 743-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 2540
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2540, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR INCREASING STIPENDS FOR VOLUNTEER PRECINCT OFFICIALS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to increase the number of precinct officials to better serve voters on election day by appropriating funds to increase their stipends.
The Office of Elections, Kauai Office of the County Clerk Elections Division, Maui Office of the County Clerk, and the Association of Clerks and Election Officers of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the appropriation amount to $1 to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency, clarity, and style.
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. 2540, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2540, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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