CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 57

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2017

RE:    H.B. No. 280

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 280, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CANDIDATE COMMITTEE REPORTS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Clarify the filing due dates for preliminary, final, and supplemental reports submitted to the Campaign Spending Commission by candidate committees;

     (2)  Require candidates who are elected and sworn into office within thirty days after a general, subsequent, subsequent special, or subsequent nonpartisan election to file their final election period reports no later than three business days before the date the candidate is sworn into office; and

     (3)  Require candidate committees to file their supplemental reports on January 31 of each year.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by making it effective upon approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 280, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 280, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN Chair

____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO Chair