Bill Text: HI SB386 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections; Lieutenant Governor
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB386 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB386-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Elections; Lieutenant Governor
Description:
Amends section 12-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to conform with a constitutional amendment to article V, section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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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 12-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§12-2 Primary held when; candidates only those nominated. The primary shall be held at the polling place for each precinct on the second to the last Saturday of September in every even numbered year; provided that in no case shall any primary election precede a general election by less than forty-five days.
[No] Except with regard to the
lieutenant governor elected pursuant to Article V, Section 2 of the state
constitution, no person shall be a candidate for any general or special
general election unless the person has been nominated in the immediately
preceding primary or special primary."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon ratification of a constitutional amendment requiring that candidates for the office of lieutenant governor be nominated by a political party at the political party's convention.
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