STAND. COM. REP. NO. 645

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 466

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 466 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OFFICE OF ELECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the Office of Election to meet the five percent matching fund requirement of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002.

The Office of Elections, League of Women Voters of Hawaii, and City and County of Honolulu Office of the City Clerk testified in support of this bill. The Office of the Governor testified in support of the bill's intent.

Your Committee finds that this bill will provide funding requirements for the State to receive much-needed federal dollars to help assist with the State's administration of federal elections.

Your Committee has amended this bill by inserting the appropriation amount of $372,341 as requested by the Office of Elections. This appropriation could qualify the State of Hawaii to receive up to $7,446,803 from the federal government.

Your Committee requests the Office of Elections to determine whether the Legislature can line item the appropriations.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 466, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 466, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair