STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1162
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 439
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 S.B. No. 439 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 improve enforcement of state ethics laws by authorizing the State Ethics Commission to impose administrative fines of up to $500 for violations of the State Ethics Code for which no fine has been established.
The State Ethics Commission, League of Women Voters of Hawaii, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Replacing the term "penalty" with "administrative fine" in section 84-17(i), Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), for consistency with the new section on administrative fines;
(2) Clarifying that the procedural requirements that must be met for assessments of the new administrative fine are limited to fines assessed under the new section; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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 S.B. No. 439, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 439, 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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