CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 34

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 2000

                            RE:   H.B. No. 1925
                                  S.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 1925, S.D. 1, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to enhance the effectiveness
of campaign spending laws through various housekeeping and
substantive measures.

     Your Committee finds it reasonable for candidates to be
allowed ten rather than five days after filing nomination papers
to file an organizational report, and for the web page address,
if any, to be included in the report.  Your Committee further
finds it appropriate to allow campaign funds to be used for
ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the
candidate's duties as an elected holder of office, and for
limited contributions to community service, educational, youth,
recreational, charitable, scientific or literary organizations.

 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1) Deleting the amendment to HRS � 11-195(f) that would
         have required candidates for senate and house of
         representatives to file reports with the campaign
         spending commission electronically;

     (2) Eliminating the proposed additional requirement that an
         organizational report include a candidate's e-mail
         address;

     (3) Specifying that "ordinary and necessary expenses
         incurred in connection with the candidate's duties as a
         holder of an elected state or county office" in HRS �
         11-200(b)(2) has the same meaning as in HRS � 11-206(c); 

     (4) Providing that in any election cycle, total
         contributions of campaign funds to a community service,
         educational, youth, recreational, charitable,
         scientific, or literary organization may not exceed the
         limits imposed in HRS � 11-204(a) on contributions that
         one person or other entity may contribute to that
         candidate;

     (5) Providing, likewise, that excess campaign contributions
         that may be contributed to a community service,
         educational, youth, recreational, charitable,
         scientific, or literary organization pursuant to HRS �
         11-206(c) may not exceed the limits imposed in HRS � 11-
         204(a);

     (6) Specifying that the charitable contributions may be made
         "from campaign funds and surplus funds" to ensure that
         donations in the aggregate to charitable organizations
         not exceed the sum of contributions from both sources,
         i.e. HRS � 11-200(b)(3) and � 11-206(c)(3);

     (7) Deleting, at the request of the Campaign Spending
         Commission, text in HRS � 11-206(c) concerning
         permission to donate excess campaign contributions to
         "any other organization which the commission, by rules
         adopted pursuant to chapter 91, deems appropriate";

     (8) Changing the effective date to November 8, 2000; and 
 
     (9) Making technical, nonsubstantive revisions for the sake
         of clarity and style.


 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your
Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your
Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 1925, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
1925, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the managers:

  ON THE PART OF THE SENATE          ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair        ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair




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MATT MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair