Bill Text: HI HB143 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Reports Filed With The Campaign Spending Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-12-10 - Carried over to 2022 Regular Session. [HB143 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-HB143-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO REPORTS FILED WITH THE CAMPAIGN SPENDING COMMISSION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 11-334, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The candidate and treasurer of the candidate committee of each candidate whose name will appear on the ballot shall file preliminary, final, and supplemental reports as follows:
(1) The filing dates for preliminary reports are:
(A) April 30 of the year of a
general election;
(B) Thirty calendar days before a primary, initial
special, or initial nonpartisan election;
(C) Ten calendar days before a primary, initial special, or initial nonpartisan election;
(D) October 1 of the year of a general election; and
(E) Ten
calendar days before a general, subsequent special, or subsequent nonpartisan election;
[provided that this preliminary report does not need to be filed by a candidate
who is unsuccessful in a primary, initial special, or initial nonpartisan election,
or a candidate who is elected to office in the primary, initial special, or initial
nonpartisan election.]
provided that the preliminary reports required by subparagraphs (D) and (E) do not need to be filed by a candidate who is unsuccessful in a primary, initial special, or initial nonpartisan election, or a candidate who is elected to office in the primary, initial special, or initial nonpartisan election. The preliminary report filed by the date required under subparagraph (B) shall be current through June 30, and all other preliminary reports shall be current through the fifth calendar day before the filing deadline of those other preliminary reports;
(2) The filing date for the final primary report is twenty calendar days after a primary, initial special, or initial nonpartisan election. The report shall be current through the day of the applicable election;
(3) The filing date for the final election period report is thirty calendar days after a general, subsequent, subsequent special, or subsequent nonpartisan election. The report shall be current through the day of the applicable election. The final election period report shall be filed by a candidate who is unsuccessful in a primary, initial special, or initial nonpartisan election or a candidate who is elected to office in the primary, initial special, or initial nonpartisan election; provided that a candidate who is elected and is to be sworn into office prior to thirty calendar days after a general, subsequent, subsequent special, or subsequent nonpartisan election in which the candidate was elected, shall file the final election period report three business days before the date the candidate is to be sworn into office; and
(4) The filing dates for supplemental reports are:
(A) January 31 annually; and
(B) July 31 after an election year.
The report shall be current through December 31 for the report filed on January 31 and current through June 30 for the report filed on July 31."
SECTION 2. Section 11-339, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows:
"(b) By June 30 of an election year, a candidate
committee that does not intend to receive contributions[, or] and
make expenditures[,] that aggregate more than $1,000 in an election
period shall notify the commission of its intent in the candidate committee's organizational
report.
(c)
By the fifth calendar day before the due date of the preliminary primary
report[,] due ten days before the election, a noncandidate
committee that does not intend to receive contributions[, or] and
make expenditures[,] that aggregate more than $1,000 in an election
period shall notify the commission of its intent in the noncandidate committee's
organizational report."
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, 2112.
Report Title:
Campaign Spending Commission Package; Committee Reports; Filing Dates; Candidate Committees; Noncandidate Committees
Description:
Clarifies that candidates do not need to file preliminary general reports if they are either unsuccessful or are elected to office in the primary election. Clarifies the aggregate contribution and expenditure amounts that trigger the requirement for a candidate or noncandidate committee to file only the final election period report. Effective 7/1/2112. (HD1)
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