Bill Text: HI HB199 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Election Proclamations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-04-19 - Act 007, 04/16/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1107). [HB199 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-HB199-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 ELECTION PROCLAMATIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 11-91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§11-91
Proclamation. [Not] No
later than 4:30 p.m. on the tenth day [prior to] before the close
of filing in elections involving state offices, the chief election
officer shall issue an election proclamation.
In elections involving only county offices the clerk shall issue the
proclamation. In elections involving
both state and county offices the proclamation may be issued jointly.
The
proclamation shall contain a statement of the [time and places where, and
the] purposes for which[,] the election is to be held, and a
designation of the offices and the terms thereof for which candidates are to be
nominated or elected. It may also
contain any other relevant matter including an offer of rewards for the
detection and conviction of offenders against the election laws. The chief election officer or clerk shall
cause the election proclamation to be published at least once in a newspaper of
general circulation and [not] no later than on the tenth day [prior
to] before the close of filing."
SECTION 2. Section 11-92.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The [chief election officer] clerk
shall issue a proclamation listing all voter service centers and places of
deposit, including the days each voter service center and place of deposit is
open and the hours of operations and location of each voter service center and place
of deposit, as may have been determined by the clerk as of the proclamation
date. The clerk shall make arrangements
for the rental or erection of suitable shelter for the establishment of a voter
service center whenever public buildings are not available and shall cause
these voter service centers to be equipped with the necessary facilities for
lighting, ventilation, and equipment needed for elections on any island. This proclamation may be issued jointly with
the proclamation required in section 11-91."
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:
Office of Elections Package; Election Proclamations
Description:
Repeals the requirement that election proclamations contain a statement of the time and places where an election is to be held. Specifies that the county clerk, not the chief election officer, shall issue an election proclamation listing information on voter service centers and places of deposit. (HD1)
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