STAND. COM. REP. NO.  536-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2401

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2401 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IV, SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ADD A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to propose an amendment to Article IV, section 2, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to add a residency requirement for the members selected to the Reapportionment Commission.

Common Cause Hawaii testified in support of the intent of this measure.  The League of Women Voters of Hawaii provided comments on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Adding a section reflecting the purpose of this measure; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2401, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2401, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair