STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2884

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1892

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 1892 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to ensure that the Reapportionment Commission has adequate funding to effectively carry out its mission by:

 

     (1)  Placing the commission within the Office of Elections for administrative purposes; and

 

     (2)  Directing the Chief Election Officer to request a general fund appropriation that is separate from the Office of Elections' operating budget to support the commission when the commission is constituted.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the League of Women Voters of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Reapportionment Commission serves as an important government resource, as it prepares the voting district boundaries.  Sufficient funding will provide the resources necessary to ensure that boundary lines are drawn in an accurate and timely manner.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to ensure further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1892, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1892, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair