THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2870
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO LOBBYISTS.

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

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that chapter 97, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires lobbyists to disclose expenditures made in the course of their lobbying activities.  The law also provides that the receipt or expenditure of any money by lobbyists for the purpose of influencing the election or defeat of any candidate for elective office is excluded from the reporting requirement filed by lobbyists.

     The legislature further finds that lobbyists' expenditures to elect or defeat a candidate for elective office should be disclosed in lobbyists' statement of expenditures to increase the transparency of lobbyists' activities.

     The purpose of this Act is to require lobbyists to disclose the receipt or expenditure of any money to influence the election or defeat of candidates for elective office.

     SECTION 2.  Section 97-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:

""Campaign contribution" means the same as "contribution" as defined in section 11-191."

     SECTION 3.  Section 97-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:

     "(c)  The statement shall contain the following information:

     (1)  The name and address of each person with respect to whom expenditures for the purpose of lobbying in the total sum of $25 or more per day was made by the person filing the statement during the statement period and the amount or value of such expenditure;

     (2)  The name and address of each person with respect to whom expenditures for the purpose of lobbying in the aggregate of $150 or more was made by the person filing the statement during the statement period and the amount or value of such expenditures;

     (3)  The total sum or value of all expenditures for the purpose of lobbying made by the person filing the statement during the statement period in excess of $750 during the statement period;

(4) The name and address of each person to whom a campaign contribution was made by the person filing the statement during the statement period and the amount or value of the campaign contribution;

    [(4)] (5)  The name and address of each person making contributions to the person filing the statement for the purpose of lobbying in the total sum of $25 or more during the statement period and the amount or value of such contributions; and

    [(5)] (6)  The subject area of the legislative and administrative action which was supported or opposed by the person filing the statement during the statement period.

     (d)  The receipt or expenditure of any money for the purpose of influencing [the election or defeat of any candidate for an elective office or for] the passage or defeat of any proposed measure at any special or general election is excluded from the reporting requirement of this section."

     SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Lobbyists; Expenditures

Description:

Requires lobbyists to report campaign contributions for candidates in their statements of expenditures.

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