STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1457

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 966

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 966 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 propose an amendment to the State Constitution to reduce the age qualification for the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor from 30 to 25 years-of-age.

     Many concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

     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. 966 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair