STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1025

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 1215

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred S.B. No. 1215 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATED TO RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that candidates for legislative office are familiar with the problems and concerns of the jurisdictions that they seek to represent.  This bill proposes to amend the Hawaii Constitution by requiring residency in the senatorial or representative district for at least 12 months prior to a general election.

     The Ironworkers Stabilization Fund Local 625 testified in support of this measure.  A concerned individual offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Correcting a nonsubstantive error in the title so that it reads: "PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE"; and

     (2)  Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1215, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1215, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA, Chair