HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1088
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

rELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 13D-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§13D-4[]]  Election of board members.  Members of the board of trustees shall be elected at a special election held in conjunction with the general election in every even-numbered year.  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, members shall be nominated and elected in the manner prescribed by this title.

     Nomination papers.  The chief election officer shall prepare the nomination papers in such a manner that a candidate desiring to file for election to the board shall be able to specify whether the candidate is seeking a seat requiring residency on a particular island or a seat without such residency requirement.

     Ballot.  The board of trustees ballot shall be prepared in such a manner that every voter qualified and registered under section 13D-3 shall be afforded the opportunity to vote for [each and every candidate seeking election to the board.] each candidate who is seeking election to a seat on the board that does not require residency on a particular island.  The ballot shall contain the names of all such board candidates arranged alphabetically[; provided that the].  The names of candidates seeking seats requiring residency on a particular island shall [also] be grouped by island of residency.  Each eligible voter shall be entitled to vote only for a candidate seeking election to a seat on the board that requires residency on the island on which the voter also claims residency; provided that candidates from Molokai and Lanai shall be grouped together and residents may vote for a candidate from either island, and candidates from Kauai and Niihau shall be grouped together and residents may vote for a candidate from either island.  Each eligible voter shall be entitled to receive the board of trustees ballot and to vote for the number of seats available[.] in the above categories."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:

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Report Title:

Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Board of Trustees; Voting

 

Description:

Amends the ballot for elections of members of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.  Limits voting for seats that have a residency requirement on a particular island to voters who reside on that island.

 

 

 

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