HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

596

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to address campaign finance reform.

     More specifically, this Act requires noncandidate committee reports to include:

     (1)  The name of each candidate whose nomination for election, or election, to office is supported, opposed, or otherwise intended to be influenced by an expenditure of the noncandidate committee; and

     (2)  The expenditure amounts corresponding to each identified candidate.

     SECTION 2.  Section 11-335, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  Schedules filed with the reports shall include the following additional information:

     (1)  The amount and date of deposit of each contribution and the name, address, occupation, and employer of each contributor making a contribution aggregating more than $100 during an election period, which was not previously reported; provided that if all the information is not on file, the contribution shall be returned to the contributor within thirty days of deposit;

     (2)  All expenditures, including the name and address of each payee and the amount, date, and purpose of each expenditure[.]; provided that:

         (A)  The disclosures required under this paragraph shall include the name of each candidate whose:

              (i)  Nomination for election; or

             (ii)  Election,

              to office was supported, opposed, or otherwise intended to be influenced by any expenditure that the noncandidate committee made during the reporting and election periods, and the expenditure amounts corresponding to each identified candidate for the same periods; and

         (B)  Expenditures for consultants, advertising agencies and similar firms, credit card payments, salaries, and candidate reimbursements shall be itemized to permit a reasonable person to determine the ultimate intended recipient of the expenditure and its purpose;

     (3)  The amount, date of deposit, and description of other receipts and the name and address of the source of each of the other receipts;

     (4)  A description of each durable asset, the date of acquisition, value at the time of acquisition, and the name and address of the vendor or contributor of the asset; and

     (5)  The date of disposition of a durable asset, value at the time of disposition, method of disposition, and name and address of the person receiving the asset."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2013.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Elections; Noncandidate Committees; Reports.

 

Description:

Requires noncandidate committee reports to include the name of each candidate whose nomination or election is supported, opposed, or otherwise intended to be influenced by an expenditure of the noncandidate committee, and the expenditure amounts corresponding to each identified candidate.

 

 

 

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