Bill Text: HI SB2120 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Campaign Spending; Contribution Limits; Exemption

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-04-25 - Act 048, 4/23/2014 (Gov. Msg. No. 1148). [SB2120 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2120-Introduced.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2120

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 11-359, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) as follows:

     "(b)  A contribution by the candidate's immediate family shall be exempt from section [11-355,] 11-357, but shall be limited in the aggregate to $50,000 in any election period; provided that the aggregate amount of loans and contributions received from the candidate's immediate family does not exceed $50,000 during an election period."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:

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Report Title:

Campaign Spending; Contribution Limits; Exemption

 

Description:

Corrects mistaken reference to section of Hawaii Revised Statutes that was meant to exempt from contribution limits contributions from immediate family, rather than from contractors.

 

 

 

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