STAND. COM. REP. NO.  297-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2437

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2437, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure compliance with federal law by making an emergency appropriation of $1,725,000 for fiscal year 2011-2012 to fund the voting system contract for the 2012 elections.

The Office of Elections, Office of the County Clerk of the County of Kaua‘i, Office of the County Clerk of the County of Maui, Disability and Communication Access Board, and Democratic Party of Hawai‘i testified in support of this bill.

     Pursuant to the requirements set forth in Article VII, Section 9, of the Hawaii State Constitution, the Governor, in his Governor's Message No. 189 to the House of Representatives, requested immediate consideration and passage of this bill.

     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. 2437, H.D. 1, 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