Bill Text: HI HB140 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii House Bill 140 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating To Campaign Finance Reports.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-09 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). [HB140 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2021-HB140-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	140
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021		H.D. 1
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 that is due calendar days before a primary, initial special, or initial nonpartisan election, or the preliminary general report[,] that is due calendar days before a general, subsequent special, or subsequent nonpartisan election, or if a noncandidate committee does not file the preliminary primary report that is due calendar days prior to a primary, special, or nonpartisan election, or the [~~second~~] preliminary general report that is due calendar days prior to a general election 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. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect July 1, 2112.

Report Title:

Campaign Spending Commission Package; Candidate and Noncandidate Committees; Reports

Description:

Clarifies that increased fines may apply if a candidate committee or noncandidate committee fail to timely file the preliminary primary or preliminary general report that is due in an unspecified number of days before a primary or general election. Effective 7/1/2112. (HD1)

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