STAND. COM. REP. NO.  818

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 345

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 345 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to amend the comprehensive public funding program pilot project for the County of Hawaii by changing the inception date from the 2010 election year to the 2014 election year.

 

     The Governor's Administration, Hawaii County Clerk's Office, a Hawaii County Council member, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  Lawyers for Equal Justice, Conservation Council for Hawaii, the League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Americans for Democratic Action-Hawaii Chapter, League of Women Voters of Hawaii County, and many concerned individuals testified in opposition to this measure.  The State Campaign Spending Commission provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 345 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair