STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1462

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.C.R. No. 64

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 64 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE OFFICE OF ELECTIONS AND CLERKS OF THE COUNTIES TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FACTSHEETS ABOUT PROPOSED COUNTY CHARTER AMENDMENTS, STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, AND BALLOT INITIATIVES THAT APPEAR ON THE BALLOT IN STATEWIDE AND COUNTY ELECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the Office of Elections and the clerks of the counties to provide information factsheets about proposed county charter amendments, state constitutional amendments, and ballot initiatives that appear on the ballot in statewide and county elections.

The Office of Elections, Office of the City Clerk, Common Cause Hawaii, and League of Women Voters 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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 64 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair