Bill Text: HI SB2355 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Recall of Elected Public Officers; Elections (ConAm)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-21 - Referred to JDL, WAM. [SB2355 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2355-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Proposing An amendment to the hawaii constitution to provide for the recall of elected public officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to propose an amendment to article II of the Hawaii State Constitution to provide for the recall of elected public officers.
SECTION 2. Article II of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"RECALL
Section . Every elected public officer of the State may be removed from office by recall election or at a duly authorized special or general election with a majority vote of the registered voters of the respective elected public officer's district in the case of a senator or representative, or in case of the governor or lieutenant governor by a recall election or at a duly authorized special or general election with a majority vote of the registered voters in the state, in such manner as shall be provided by law."
SECTION 3. The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:
"Shall the Hawaii State Constitution be amended to provide for the removal from office of elected public officers of the State of Hawaii by a recall election or at a duly authorized special or general election with a majority vote of the registered voters of the respective elected public officer's district in the case of a senator or representative, or in case of the governor or lieutenant governor by a recall election or at a duly authorized special or general election with a majority vote of the registered voters in the state, in such manner as shall be provided by law?"
SECTION 4. New constitutional material is underscored.
SECTION 5. These amendments shall take effect upon compliance with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
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Report Title:
Recall of Elected Public Officers; Elections
Description:
Amends article II of the Hawaii state constitution to provide for the recall of the governor, lieutenant governor, state senator, and state representative.
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