STAND. COM. REP. NO.  54-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1605

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1605 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to reconcile provisions regarding contribution limits by family members to a candidate's campaign to conform with the recodification of the Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter on elections in 2010.  Specifically, this measure replaces a statutory reference to reflect that sums donated by immediate family members are exempt from candidate contribution limits.

The Campaign Spending Commission and Common Cause Hawaii testified in support of this measure.

     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. 1605 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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