STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1858

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 465

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 465, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARDS OF REGISTRATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to transfer the Boards of Registration from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, for administrative purposes, to the Department of Accounting and General Services.

Presently, there is a Board of Registration in each county whose purpose is to hear appeals of decisions by clerks and precinct officers when a registered voter challenges the right of another person to vote in an election. The Office of Elections provides the support necessary for the boards to function on election days.

Act 117, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003, transferred the Office of Elections from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to the Department of Accounting and General Services; however, it did not also transfer the Boards of Registration in like manner. This measure will transfer the Boards of Registration to the Department of Accounting and General Services where they may continue to be supported by the Office of Elections.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 465, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair