STAND. COM. REP. NO. 644
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 319
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 319 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE FINES UNDER THE STATE ETHICS CODE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to promote ethical behavior in government by authorizing the Ethics Commission to impose an administrative fine not to exceed $500 for a violation of state ethics law for which such a fine has not already been established.
The State Ethics Commission and The League of Women Voters testified in support of the bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Applying the administrative fee provisions to employees, candidates for election to, and elected delegates to the constitutional convention;
(2) Replacing the word "penalty" with the term "administrative fine" in section 84-17(i), Hawaii Revised Statutes;
(3) Clarifying that the newly established administrative fine shall not be assessed under the new provisions of the state ethics code unless certain procedures are met; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency, clarity, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 319, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 319, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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