Bill Text: HI HB730 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Campaign Spending Cash Contributions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [HB730 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB730-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to campaign spending cash contributions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the house of representatives adopted House Resolution No. 9, Regular Session of 2022, to establish the commission to improve standards of conduct. The resolution requests the commission ensure state laws and rules relating to standards of conduct of public officers and employees contain clear standards, enforcement, and penalties and provide recommendations to increase awareness of, compliance with, and deterrent effects of the code of ethics, lobbying laws, campaign finance laws, and other relevant laws and rules.
Pursuant to House Resolution No. 9, the commission to improve standards of conduct convened regularly throughout 2022 to diligently review, discuss, and consider the issues presented, submitted an interim report to the house of representatives outlining areas of immediate and long-term focus, then continued its work with input from the public and invited individuals and agencies to issue a final report with various recommendations and accompanying proposed legislation.
The legislature also finds that the strength and stability of our democratic government rely upon the public's trust in government institutions, including the expectation that officers act ethically with prudence, integrity, and sound judgement. Therefore, an essential goal of the commission was to provide recommendations that would help restore public trust in state government and increase the level of transparency in its operations and accountability of individuals.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to implement recommendations of the commission to improve standards of conduct relating to campaign contributions by limiting the amount of cash contributions a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee can accept to one hundred dollars.
SECTION 2. Section 11-351, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) A candidate, candidate committee, or
noncandidate committee, shall not accept a contribution of more than $100 in cash
in the aggregate during an election period from a single person [without
issuing] and shall issue a receipt to the contributor for each
contribution and [keeping] keep a record of the
contribution."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2023.
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Report Title:
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Campaign Spending; Cash Contributions
Description:
Limits the amount of cash contributions a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee can accept in the aggregate in an election period to $100. Requires receipts for each contribution.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
