STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1622-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 439

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 S.B. No. 439, H.D. 1, 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 (Commission) to impose administrative fines of up to $500 for violations of the State Ethics Code for which no fine has been established.

The Commission and The League of Women Voters of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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 S.B. No. 439, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 439, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair