Report Title:

Campaign Contributions and Expenditures

Description:

Prohibits certain elective officers from holding fundraisers or engaging in any fundraising activities during the period in which the legislature is in a regular session.  Amends definition of "fundraiser".

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	45
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO ELECTION CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 11-203, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

     1.  By amending subsections (a) and (b) to read:

     "(a)  As used in this section, "fundraiser" means any function held for the benefit of a person that is intended or designed, directly or indirectly, to raise funds for political purposes [for which the price or suggested contribution for attending the function is more than $25 per person].

     (b)  There shall be no more than two fundraisers held for a person prior to a general or special election in which that person is either elected or defeated.

A person who is an elected state legislator and is seeking re-election to a state legislative office shall not hold a fundraiser during a regular legislative session or special session."

     2.  By amending subsection (d) to read:

     "(d)  Fundraisers sponsored by a candidate for a statewide office are exempt from the [$25 limit of subsection (a) and the] restrictions of subsection (b)[, and fundraisers sponsored]. Fundraisers sponsored by a party for a political purpose for the general benefit of the party are exempt from the restrictions of subsection (b)."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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