Bill Text: HI HB327 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Political Fundraisers; Legislators
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-20 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Ito excused (1). [HB327 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-HB327-Introduced.html
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
327 |
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to campaign contributions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to prohibit the solicitation and acceptance of campaign contributions by legislators during the legislative sessions.
SECTION 2. Section 11-342, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§11-342[]] Fundraiser; notice of intent[.];
when prohibited. (a) No fundraiser shall be held unless
a notice of intent to hold the fundraiser is filed with the commission setting
forth the name and address of the person in charge, the price per person, the
date, hour, and place of the fundraiser, and the method thereof.
(b) [The] For fundraisers subject to
subsection (a), the person in charge of the fundraiser shall file the
notice with the commission prior to the fundraiser.
(c) During any regular session or special session including:
(1) Any extension of any regular session or special session; and
(2) Any recess days, holidays, and weekends,
no legislator, or a person employed by or acting on behalf of a legislator, shall hold a fundraiser. Contributions received through the mail during a regular session or special session may be accepted if the contribution is postmarked prior to the commencement of the regular session or the special session.
[(c)] (d) As used in this
section, "fundraiser" means any function held for the benefit of a
candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee that is intended or
designed, directly or indirectly, to raise contributions [for which the
price or suggested contribution for attending the function is more than $25 per
person]."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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, 2015.
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Report Title:
Political Fundraisers; Legislators
Description:
Prohibits legislators and employees of legislators from holding any fundraiser during a regular legislative session or special session. Repeals $25 per person contribution threshold for the applicability of fundraiser requirements and restrictions.
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