Bill Text: HI SB2118 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Campaign Spending Commission Package; Expenditure Limits
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-26 - Act 140, 6/24/2014 (Gov. Msg. No. 1243). [SB2118 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2118-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 11-426, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§11-426[]] Candidate exceeds voluntary
expenditure limit. A candidate who files the affidavit agreeing to
limit expenditures and who exceeds the expenditure limit for that election
shall:
(1) Notify all opponents, the [chief
election officer,] office of elections, and the commission by
telephone and writing on the day the expenditure limit is exceeded;
(2) Pay the balance of the full filing fee; and
(3) Provide reasonable notice to all
contributors within thirty days of exceeding the limit that the expenditure
limit was exceeded [and contributions to the candidate no longer qualify for
a state income tax deduction]."
SECTION 2. Section 11-424, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.
["[§11-424] Tax deduction for qualifying contributions. (a)
An individual resident of Hawaii may claim a state income tax deduction
pursuant to section 235-7(g)(2), for contributions to a candidate who files an
affidavit pursuant to section 11-423 and does not exceed the expenditure
limit. Canceled checks or copies of the same shall be considered adequate
receipt forms to attach to the tax form to claim the credit.
(b) The commission shall forward a
certified copy of the affidavit to the director of taxation.
(c) If a candidate has not filed the
affidavit pursuant to section 11-423, the candidate shall inform all
contributors in writing immediately upon receipt of the contribution that they
are not entitled to a tax deduction for their contributions to the candidate.
The director of taxation shall not allow any contributor to take a deduction,
pursuant to section 235-7(g)(2), for any contribution to a candidate for a
statewide or county office who has not filed the affidavit pursuant to section
11-423."]
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Campaign Spending Commission Package; Expenditure Limits
Description:
Makes housekeeping amendments to the Partial Public Campaign Financing laws by requiring notice to the Office of Elections upon exceeding campaign expenditure limits and repealing references to an obsolete tax credit for campaign contributors. (SB2118 HD1)
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