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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PARTIAL PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
(1) Increase the amount of funds available to candidates who qualify to participate in the partial public financing program;
(3) Increase matching fund payments from $1 for each $1 of qualifying contributions in excess of the minimum qualifying contribution amounts to $2 for each $1 of excess qualifying contributions; and
(4) Appropriate funds from the general revenues of the State to increase the amount of funds available in the partial public financing program and to permit the campaign spending commission to hire more staff to address the anticipated increase in participation in the financing program.
SECTION 2. Section 11-425, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§11-425 Maximum amount
of public funds available to candidate. (a)
The maximum amount of public funds available in each election to a
candidate for the office of governor, lieutenant governor, or mayor of the city and county of Honolulu and county
of Hawaii, shall not exceed [ten] fifteen per cent of
the expenditure limit established in section 11-423(d) for each election.
(b) The maximum amount of public funds available
in each election to a candidate for the office of state senator, state
representative, mayor of the county of Kauai and county of Maui, county
council member, and prosecuting attorney shall not exceed [fifteen] 22.5
per cent of the expenditure limit established in section 11-423(d) for each
election.
(c) For the office of Hawaiian affairs, the
maximum amount of public funds available to a candidate shall not exceed [$1,500
in any election year.] ten per cent of the expenditure limit established
in section 11-423(d) for each election.
[(d) For all other offices, the maximum amount of
public funds available to a candidate shall not exceed $100 in any election
year.
(e)] (d) Each candidate who qualified for the maximum
amount of public funding in any primary election and who is a candidate for a
subsequent general election shall apply with the commission to be qualified to
receive the maximum amount of public funds as provided in this section for the
respective general election. For
purposes of this section, "qualified" means meeting the qualifying
campaign contribution requirements of section 11-429."
SECTION 3. Section 11-429, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:
"(a) As a condition of receiving public funds for a primary or general election, a candidate shall not be unopposed in any election for which public funds are sought, shall have filed an affidavit with the commission pursuant to section 11‑423 to voluntarily limit the candidate's campaign expenditures, and shall be in receipt of the following sum of qualifying contributions from individual residents of Hawaii:
(1) For the office of governor--qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $100,000;
(2) For the office of lieutenant governor--qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $50,000;
(3) For the office of mayor for each respective county:
(A) County of Honolulu--qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $50,000;
(B) County of Hawaii--qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $15,000;
(C) County of Maui--qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $10,000; and
(D) County of Kauai--qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $5,000;
(4) For the office of prosecuting attorney for each respective county:
(A) County of Honolulu--qualifying contributions
that in the aggregate exceed [$30,000;] $25,000;
(B) County of Hawaii--qualifying contributions
that in the aggregate exceed [$10,000;] $5,000; and
(C) County of Kauai--qualifying contributions
that in the aggregate exceed [$5,000;] $3,000;
(5) For the office of county council--for each respective county:
(A) County of Honolulu--qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $5,000;
(B) County of Hawaii--qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $1,500;
(C) County of Maui--qualifying contributions
that in the aggregate exceed [$5,000;] $4,000; and
(D) County of Kauai--qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $3,000;
(6) For the office of state senator--qualifying contributions that, in the aggregate exceed $2,500;
(7) For the office of state representative--qualifying contributions that, in the aggregate, exceed $1,500;
(8) For the office of Hawaiian affairs--qualifying
contributions that, in the aggregate, exceed [$1,500;] $5,000;
and
(9) For all other offices, qualifying contributions that, in the aggregate, exceed $500.
(b) A candidate shall obtain the minimum qualifying contribution amount set forth in subsection (a) once for the election period.
(1) If the candidate obtains the minimum qualifying contribution amount, the candidate is eligible to receive:
(A) The minimum payment in an amount equal to the minimum qualifying contribution amounts; and
(B) Payments of [$1] $2 for
each $1 of qualifying contributions in excess of the minimum qualifying
contribution amounts; and
(2) A candidate shall have at least one other qualified candidate as an opponent for the primary or general election to receive public funds for that election."
SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general
revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $
or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2023-2024 and the
same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025
to be deposited into the Hawaii election campaign fund.
SECTION 5. There is appropriated out of the Hawaii
election campaign fund the sum of $
or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2023-2024 and the
same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025
for the purposes of this Act.
The
sums appropriated shall be expended by the campaign spending commission for the
purposes of this Act.
SECTION 6. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $200,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2023-2024 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 for two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) permanent positions to be placed within the campaign spending commission. The sums appropriated shall be expended by the campaign spending commission for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 7. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 8. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 9. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2023.
Report Title:
Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission Package; Partial Public Financing; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Maximum Amount of Public Funds Available; Minimum Qualifying Contribution Amounts; Appropriations
Description:
Increases the maximum amount of public funds available for all offices by fifty per cent. Increases the maximum amount of public funds available for a candidate for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs from $1,500 to ten per cent of the expenditure limit for each election. Increases the amounts of qualifying contributions for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs from more than $1,500 to more than $5,000 in the aggregate. Provides a downward adjustment of the amounts of qualifying contributions for the Office of Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu, County of Hawaii, and County of Kauai and for the Office of County Council for the County of Maui. Appropriates unspecified sums for the increase in the Partial Public Financing Program. Appropriates $200,000 for the Campaign Spending Commission to hire two additional staff members. (SD1)
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