Bill Text: HI HB2425 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections; Noncandidate Committees; Advertisements; Candidate Approval
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-25 - (H) Referred to JUD, referral sheet 7 [HB2425 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB2425-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 11-391, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§11-391[]] Advertisements. (a) Any
advertisement shall contain:
(1) The name and address of the candidate, candidate committee, noncandidate committee, or other person paying for the advertisement; and
(2) A notice in a prominent location stating either that:
(A) The advertisement is published, broadcast, televised, or circulated with the approval and authority of the candidate; provided that an advertisement paid for by a candidate, candidate committee, or ballot issue committee does not need to include the notice; or
(B) The advertisement is published, broadcast, televised, or circulated without the approval and authority of the candidate.
(b) Any noncandidate committee that, through an advertisement, references a candidate that is not a candidate that the noncandidate committee supports as indicated in the noncandidate committee's organizational report filed pursuant to section 11-323(a)(7), shall obtain documented approval of the advertisement from the candidate the noncandidate committee supports, prior to making the advertisement public, and shall include in a prominent location in the advertisement that the advertisement is published, broadcast, televised, or circulated with the authority and approval of the candidate supported by the noncandidate committee.
[(b)] (c) The fine for violation
of this section, if assessed by the commission, shall not exceed $25 for each
advertisement that lacks the information required by this section, and shall
not exceed an aggregate amount of $5,000."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.
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Report Title:
Elections; Noncandidate Committees; Advertisements; Candidate Approval
Description:
Requires prior candidate approval of advertisements by a noncandidate committee.
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