STAND. COM. REP. NO.  510-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2066

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2066 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend the Hawaii Campaign Finance Law by allowing for campaign funds to be spent on expenses for membership in civic or community groups or for protocol gifts, provided that expenses incurred do not exceed twice the allowable individual contribution amount.

 

     The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii and a concerned individual supported this measure.  The Campaign Spending Commission opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to March 15, 2037, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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. 2066, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2066, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair