THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	3242
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 12-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§12-2 Primary held when; candidates only those nominated. The primary shall be held on the second Saturday of August in every even numbered year.

[No] Except for persons nominated for lieutenant governor pursuant to Article V, section 2 of the state constitution, no person shall be a candidate for any general or special general election unless the person has been nominated in the immediately preceding primary or special primary."

SECTION 2. Section 12-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) Nomination papers for candidates for members of Congress[, governor, and lieutenant] and governor shall be signed by not less than twenty-five registered voters of the State or of the Congressional district from which the candidates are running in the case of candidates for the United States House of Representatives."

SECTION 3. Section 12-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

1. By amending subsection (c) to read:

"[[](c)[]] There shall be deposited with each nomination paper a filing fee on account of the expenses attending the holding of the primary, special primary, or special election which shall be paid into the treasury of the State, or county, as the case may be, as a realization:

(1) For United States senators and United States representatives--$75;

(2) For [governor and lieutenant] governor--$750;

(3) For mayor--$500; and

(4) For all other offices--$250."

2. By amending subsection (e) to read:

"(e) Upon the showing of a certified copy of an affidavit which has been filed with the campaign spending commission pursuant to section 11-423 by a candidate who has voluntarily agreed to abide by spending limits, the chief election officer or clerk shall discount the filing fee of the candidate by the following amounts:

(1) For the office of [governor and lieutenant] governor--$675;

(2) For the office of mayor--$450; and

(3) For all other offices--$225."

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This amendment shall take effect upon ratification of a constitutional amendment, proposed in the 2022 general election, that requires that a nominee for lieutenant governor be appointed by the gubernatorial nominee from the same political party.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Primary Elections; Lieutenant Governor; Appointments

Description:

Amends sections of chapter 12, HRS, to conform with an amendment to Article V, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to require that a nominee for Lieutenant Governor be appointed by the gubernatorial nominee from the same political party. Takes effect upon the ratification of a constitutional amendment proposed in the 2022 general election.

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