STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 901
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2021
RE: H.B. No. 1119
H.D. 2
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1119, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Removing the provisions that would have amended the law governing solicitation of funds from the public to subject social welfare organizations granted tax exempt status under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code to the same requirements as other charitable organizations that solicit funds from the public;
(2) Requiring social welfare organizations granted tax exempt status under 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that donate or contribute to noncandidate committees, engage in electioneering communications, or provide an endorsement for or against a candidate to register with the Campaign Spending Commission and file organizational and financial reports; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1119, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1119, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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