Bill Text: HI HB282 | 2017 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating To Campaign Spending.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-07-11 - Act 109, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1210). [HB282 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2017-HB282-Amended.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	282
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1
		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING.

 

 

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 or the preliminary general report, or if a noncandidate committee does not file the preliminary primary report or the second preliminary general report by the due date, the fine, if assessed, shall not exceed $300 per day; provided that[:], in aggregate:

     (1)  [In aggregate, the] 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.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.
     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

Report Title:

Campaign Spending Commission Package; Noncandidate Committees; Second Preliminary General Report

 

Description:

Clarifies that increased fines may apply if a noncandidate committee fails to timely file a second preliminary general report.  (HB282 CD1)

 

 

 

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