STAND. COM. REP. NO. 725-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1879
                                     H.D. 2




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1879, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish a pilot program for
the City and County of Honolulu council elections of 2002
providing for matching public finding for candidates who
voluntarily abide by specified contribution and expenditure
limits.

     The League of Women Voters of Hawaii, League of Women Voters
of Honolulu, Hawaii Clean Coalition, Hawaii Chapter of the Sierra
Club, Kauai Group of the Hawaii Chapter of the Sierra Club,
Common Cause Hawaii, Advocates for Consumer Rights, Hawaii Green
Party, Kokua Council, Kohanaiki 'Ohana, and several individuals
supported this bill.  The State Campaign Spending Commission
(Commission) opposed this bill.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
bill by:

     (1)  Changing the amount of funds the Commission is allowed
          to expend to $     ; and 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2005.

 
 
 
 
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     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.
1879, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1879, H.D.
2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair