STAND. COM. REP. NO.  218

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 269

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 269 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the Hawaii State Constitution by requiring candidates for state legislative office to be a resident of the State for not less than five years and a resident of the legislative district from which they are candidates for not less than twelve months prior to the next general election.

The Ironworkers Stabilization Fund testified in support of this measure.  The League of Women Voters and IMUAlliance testified in opposition to this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting language to increase the residency requirement to five years, and restoring the original requirement of three years residency in the State; 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. 269, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 269, 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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KARL RHOADS, Chair