Bill Text: HI HB1552 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Bill 1552 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Campaign Spending Commission Package; Noncandidate Committees; Second Preliminary General Report

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-11 - Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Oshiro excused (2). [HB1552 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-HB1552-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1552
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING.

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

SECTION 1. Section 11-340, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) Subsection (b) notwithstanding, if a candidate committee does not file the second preliminary primary report or the preliminary general report, or if a noncandidate committee does not file the preliminary primary report or the second preliminary general report by the due date, the fine, if assessed, shall not exceed $300 per day; provided that:

(1) In aggregate, the fine shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the total amount of contributions or expenditures, whichever is greater, for the period covered by the report; and

(2) The minimum fine, if assessed, shall be $300."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________
	BY REQUEST

Report Title:

Campaign Spending Commission Package; Noncandidate Committees; Second Preliminary General Report

Description:

Clarifies that increased fines may apply if a noncandidate committee fails to timely file a second preliminary general report.

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