STAND. COM. REP. NO.298-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2672

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 2672 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit political fundraisers or fundraising on any state government property.

The Representative of the 32nd District, Common Cause Hawaii, and two individuals testified in support of this measure. The Hawaii State Ethics Commission opposed this measure. The Campaign Spending Commission commented on this measure.

The Hawaii State Ethics Commission testified that section 76-92, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) addresses prohibited activities and penalties under the civil service reform law. Your Committee was also informed that section 76-92, HRS, will be repealed on July 1, 2002.

Your Committee has amended this bill by deleting section 1 of the bill and replacing it with a new section in chapter 11, HRS, that prohibits certain political activities, including solicitation or contribution of money or things of value from any public officer or employee for any political purpose. The new language in section 1 was modeled after section 76-92, HRS.

 

 

Your Committee has also made technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

During the public hearing, concerns were raised regarding the severity of the fines and whether chapter 11, HRS, is the most appropriate chapter to place this new language. Your Committee feels that your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs will be better able to address these concerns.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2672, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2672, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

 

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NATHAN SUZUKI, Chair