STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3220

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1892

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1892, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

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

     (1)  Placing the commission within the Office of Elections for administrative purposes; and

     (2)  Directing the Chief Election Officer, in the regular session preceding each reapportionment year, to request a general fund appropriation that is separate from the Office of Elections' operating budget to support the commission once the commission is constituted.

     Written comments in support of this measure were submitted by the League of Women Voters of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will provide sufficient funding to ensure that the Reapportionment Commission is able to prepare voting district boundaries in an accurate and timely manner.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1892, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair