STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1085

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1023

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1023 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 1, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO CHANGE THE AGE QUALIFICATION FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FROM THE AGE OF THIRTY YEARS TO THE AGE OF TWENTY‑FIVE YEARS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to expand the pool of individuals eligible for the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor by proposing a constitutional amendment to lower the age qualification for the two offices from the age of 30 years to 25 years.

     Several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

     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. 1023 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair