HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1490
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 11-302, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "person" to read as follows:

""Person" means an individual, a sole proprietor, a partnership, a candidate committee or noncandidate committee, a party, an association, a corporation, a business entity, an organization, [or] a labor union and its auxiliary committees[.], or any officers or board members of such entities."

SECTION 2. Section 11-355, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending its title and subsection (a) to read as follows:

"[[]§11-355[]] Contributions by state and county contractors prohibited. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person who enters into any contract with the State, any of the counties, or any department or agency thereof either for the rendition of personal services, goods, or utilities, the buying of property, or furnishing of any material, supplies, or equipment to the State, any of the counties, any department or agency thereof, or for selling any land or building to the State, any of the counties, or any department or agency thereof, if payment for the performance of the contract or payment for material, supplies, equipment, land, property, [or] building, goods, utilities, or services is to be made in whole or in part from funds appropriated by the legislative body, at any time between the execution of the contract through the completion of the contract, to:

(1) Directly or indirectly make any contribution, or promise expressly or impliedly to make any contribution to any candidate committee or noncandidate committee, or to any candidate or to any person for any political purpose or use; or

(2) Knowingly solicit any contribution from any person for any purpose during any period."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Campaign Finance; Contractors; Contributions

Description:

Amends the definition of person under Hawaii's campaign finance laws to include sole proprietors and the officers or board members of the entities listed. Amends the prohibition of contributions by state and county contractors to include any person who enters into a contract to provide goods or utilities.

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