STAND. COM. REP. NO.  772-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1604

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1604, 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 encourage compliance with campaign finance laws by providing that certificates of election be delivered to the elected individual only after the elected individual has:

(1)  Filed required reports in accordance with sections 11-331 and 11-333, Hawaii Revised Statutes, rather than expense statements; and

(2)  Paid any fine assessed by the Campaign Spending Commission.

The Campaign Spending Commission and Common Cause Hawaii supported this measure.  The League of Women Voters commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1604, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1604, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair