STAND. COM. REP. NO. 895

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 164
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
164 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III,
     SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO CHANGE THE
     ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE SENATE OR
     HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to propose an amendment to
Article III, section 6, of the State Constitution to require
that, prior to filing nomination papers for the primary election,
a candidate for state legislative office should be a qualified
voter in the district that the candidate seeks to represent.

     The Office of Elections and the League of Women Voters of
Hawaii testified in support of this bill.  Common Cause Hawaii
commented on this bill.

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


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair