STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2480

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2648

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 2648 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize campaign funds to be used to award scholarships to students attending an institution of higher education or vocational education school full-time in a program leading to a degree, certificate, or other recognized educational credential.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one private individual.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Campaign Spending Commission, and Common Cause Hawaii submitted comments.

     Your Committee finds that this measure provides additional scholarship opportunities for students seeking higher education by allowing campaign funds to be used to award scholarships, with certain limitations.  Additional scholarship opportunities provide greater incentives for students to work toward obtaining their degrees and achieving their career potential.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2648 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair