Bill Text: HI HB1602 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Campaign Spending Commission Package; Report Filing Deadlines

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-12 - The committee(s) on JDL deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 03-14-14 10:00AM in conference room 016. [HB1602 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-HB1602-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1602

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to campaign spending.

 

 

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 in the immediately succeeding election shall file preliminary, final, and supplemental reports.

     (1)  The filing dates for preliminary reports are:

         (A)  Thirty calendar days prior to a primary election;

         (B)  Ten calendar days prior to a primary, each special, or each nonpartisan election; and

         (C)  Ten calendar days prior to a general election; provided that this preliminary report does not need to be filed by a candidate who is unsuccessful in a primary, special, or 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 (A) 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.

     (4)  The filing dates for supplemental reports are:

         (A)  January 31 [after an election year]; 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.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

_____________________________BY REQUEST

 

 


 


 

Report Title:

Campaign Spending Commission Package; Report Filing Deadlines

 

Description:

Changes report filing deadlines.

 

 

 

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