Bill Text: HI HB469 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Neighborhood Boards; Election Campaigns; Contributions
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [HB469 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB469-Introduced.html
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that county neighborhood boards have very competitive elections with many candidates receiving campaign contributions to finance their election. The legislature is concerned about possible undue interest group influence in the neighborhood board elections, in view of the current practice of mailing out newsletters, brochures, or door flyers to promote a candidate.
The legislature further finds that campaign contributions used by candidates for neighborhood boards to finance the printing and mailing of campaign materials should be disclosed.
The purpose of this Act is to:
(1) Repeal the exclusion of county neighborhoods boards from the election campaign contributions and expenditures law; and
(2) Require an organizational report to be filed with the campaign spending commission by any neighborhood board candidate who receives contributions or makes expenditures of more than a specified statutory amount for the printing and mailing of campaign material.
SECTION 2. Section 11-302, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "office" to read as follows:
""Office" means any Hawaii
elective public or constitutional office, excluding [county neighborhood
board and] federal elective offices."
SECTION 3. Section 11-321, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By amending its title to read:
"[[]§11-321[]] Registration of candidate committee
or noncandidate committee."
2. By amending subsection (d) to read:
"(d) The organizational report for a candidate committee shall be filed within ten days of the earlier of:
(1) The date the candidate files nomination papers for office; or
(2) The date the candidate or candidate committee
receives contributions or makes or incurs expenditures of more than $100 in the
aggregate during the applicable election period[.], or in the case of
a candidate for a neighborhood board, the date the candidate or candidate's
committee receives contributions or makes or incurs expenditures of more than
$1,000 in the aggregate for printing, mailings, and related expenditures during
the applicable election period."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Neighborhood Boards; Election Campaigns; Contributions
Description:
Applies the election campaign contributions and expenditures law to candidates for the neighborhood boards; requires candidates for neighborhood board elections to file an organizational report with the campaign spending commission regarding campaign contributions used for printing and mailing campaign material.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
