CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 63

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

 

RE:    S.B. No. 31

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam and Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 31, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify the information required in and the deadline for filing of noncandidate committee reports.  Specifically, this measure:

 

     (1)  Separates noncandidate committee contributions that are required to be disclosed and filed in preliminary, final, and supplemental noncandidate committee reports into contributions received and contributions made;

 

     (2)  Requires noncandidate committee reports to disclose, for an independent expenditure, the name of the candidate supported or opposed by the expenditure and whether the expenditure supports or opposes the candidate; and

 

     (3)  Requires the January supplemental noncandidate committee reports to be filed annually.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that by separating the reporting of contributions into contributions received and contributions made by noncandidate committees, this measure will align with the practice that noncandidate committees make and receive contributions and report them.  This separation promotes transparency of spending for independent expenditures.  Your Committee on Conference further finds that amending the frequency of filing supplemental noncandidate committee reports more clearly aligns the law with the present practice of filing a supplemental report every year.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date from January 1, 2100, to upon approval.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 31, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 31, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair

 

 

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MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Co-Chair