Bill Text: HI SB2146 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating To Campaign Finance Reports.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-16 - This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Monday 03-16-20 2:05PM in conference room 325. [SB2146 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2020-SB2146-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2146
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to campaign finance reports.

 

 

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, due ten calendar days before a primary, initial special, or initial nonpartisan election, or the preliminary general report, due ten calendar days before a general, subsequent special, or subsequent nonpartisan election, 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, in aggregate:

     (1)  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.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  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; Reports

 

Description:

Clarifies that preliminary primary and preliminary general reports are due 10 days before the primary or general election.

 

 

 

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