HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1892
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 25-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§25-1  Reapportionment commission. (a)  A reapportionment commission shall be constituted before May 1 of each reapportionment year, and the members shall be appointed and certified to hold office until a general election is held under a reapportionment plan of the commission, or of a court of competent jurisdiction, or a new commission is constituted under [Article] article IV, section 2 of the [State Constitution,] state constitution, whichever event shall occur first.

(b)  The reapportionment commission shall be placed within the office of elections for administrative purposes only.

(c)  In each regular session of the legislature that immediately precedes a reapportionment year, the chief election officer shall request an appropriation that is separate from the office of elections' operating budget and sufficient to enable the commission to carry out its duties, to be effective in the year in which the reapportionment commission is constituted."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

Report Title:

Reapportionment Commission; Appropriation

Description:

Places the Reapportionment Commission within the Office of Elections for administrative purposes.  Directs the Chief Election Officer to request an appropriation from the general fund to support the Reapportionment Commission, to be effective in the year in which it is constituted.  (HB1892 CD1)

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