STAND. COM. REP. 598

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 757

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 757 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING RECORDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to reduce from ten to five years, the period in which the county clerk's office is required to preserve campaign spending reports.

The Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission testified in support of this bill. An individual testified in opposition to this bill.

Upon further consideration, your Committee finds that the records maintained by the county clerk's office are duplicative with those preserved by the Campaign Spending Commission (Commission) and that historical records should be maintained solely by the Commission.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the retention period to the current election period in which the reports are filed, provided that the county clerk has mailed the original and one copy of all reports for that election period to the Commission.

 

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. 757, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 757, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

 

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair