STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1232

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2019

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1382

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1382, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Prohibit campaign fundraising on the property of a person that has entered into a contract with the State; and

 

     (2)  Define "contract with the State" as an agreement with the State in which a person:

 

          (A)  Has agreed to accept or has accepted legislatively appropriated funds that exceed an aggregate value of $100,000 within a fiscal year; or

 

          (B)  Has agreed to receive or render, or has received or rendered, services to the State.

 

     Common Cause Hawaii and an individual testified in support of this measure.  The Campaign Spending Commission provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Changing to an unspecified amount, the aggregate value of legislatively appropriated funds within a fiscal year;

 

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

(3)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1382, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1382, H.D. 2.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair