STAND. COM. REP. NO.  770-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 1892

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1892 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure that the Reapportionment Commission has adequate funding to effectively carry out its mission by:

     (1)  Placing the Reapportionment Commission within the Office of Elections for administrative purposes only; and

     (2)  Requiring the Chief Election Officer, during each regular legislative session that immediately precedes an apportionment year, to request an appropriation for the Reapportionment Commission.

     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. 1892 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