HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	293
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO CLASS C FELONIES.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Act 166, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014, section 1, is amended by amending subsection (c) of section 11-15.2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to read as follows:

     "(c)  The registration clerk shall process applications for any person not registered to vote who submits a signed affidavit in accordance with section 11-15, which shall include a sworn affirmation:

     (1)  Of the person's qualification to vote;

     (2)  Acknowledging that the person has not voted and will not vote at any other polling place for that election and has not cast and will not cast any absentee ballot pursuant to chapter 15 for that election; and

     (3)  Acknowledging that providing false information [may result in] is a class C felony[, punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both]."

     SECTION 2.  Section 15-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:

     "(e)  The registration clerk shall process applications for any person not registered to vote who submits a signed affidavit in accordance with section 11-15, which shall include a sworn affirmation:

     (1)  Of the person's qualification to vote;

     (2)  Acknowledging that the person has not voted and will not vote at any other polling place for that election and has not cast and will not cast any absentee ballot pursuant to chapter 15 for that election; and

     (3)  Acknowledging that providing false information [may result in] is a class C felony[, punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both]."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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, 2050; provided that section 1 shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

 

 

Report Title:

Office of Elections Package; Elections; Voter Registration; Applications; Acknowledgments

 

Description:

Amends monetary penalty for providing false information in an application affidavit for late voter registration from up to $1,000 to up to $10,000.  (HB293 HD1)

 

 

 

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