Bill Text: HI SB981 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). [SB981 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-SB981-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
PART I
SECTION 1. Section 11-425, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§11-425 Maximum amount of public funds available to candidate. (a) The maximum amount of public funds available in each election to a candidate for the office of governor, lieutenant governor, or mayor shall not exceed ten per cent of the expenditure limit established in section 11-423(d) for each election.
(b)
The maximum amount of public funds available in each election to a
candidate for the office of state senator, state representative, county council
member, board of trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs, and
prosecuting attorney shall not exceed [fifteen]
per cent of the expenditure limit established in section 11-423(d) for each
election.
[(c) For the office of Hawaiian affairs, the maximum
amount of public funds available to a candidate shall not exceed $1,500 in any
election year.
(d)] (c) For all other offices, the maximum amount of
public funds available to a candidate shall not exceed $100 in any election
year.
[(e)] (d) Each candidate who qualified for the maximum
amount of public funding in any primary election and who is a candidate for a
subsequent general election shall apply with the commission to be qualified to
receive the maximum amount of public funds as provided in this section for the
respective general election.
(e) For purposes of this section, "qualified" means meeting the qualifying campaign contribution requirements of section 11-429."
SECTION 2. Section 11-429, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) As a condition of receiving public funds for a primary or general election, a candidate shall not be unopposed in any election for which public funds are sought, shall have filed an affidavit with the commission pursuant to section 11‑423 to voluntarily limit the candidate's campaign expenditures, and shall be in receipt of the following sum of qualifying contributions from individual residents of Hawaii:
(1) For the office of governor — qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $100,000;
(2) For the office of lieutenant governor — qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $50,000;
(3) For the office of mayor for each respective county:
(A) County of Honolulu — qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $50,000;
(B) County of Hawaii — qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $15,000;
(C) County of Maui — qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $10,000; and
(D) County of Kauai — qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $5,000;
(4) For the office of prosecuting attorney for each respective county:
(A) County of Honolulu — qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $30,000;
(B) County of Hawaii — qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $10,000; and
(C) County of Kauai — qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $5,000;
(5) For the office of county council — for each respective county:
(A) County of Honolulu — qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $5,000;
(B) County of Hawaii — qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $1,500;
(C) County of Maui — qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $5,000; and
(D) County of Kauai — qualifying contributions that in the aggregate exceed $3,000;
(6) For the office of state senator — qualifying contributions that, in the aggregate exceed $2,500;
(7) For the office of state representative — qualifying contributions that, in the aggregate, exceed $1,500;
(8) For the office of
Hawaiian affairs — qualifying contributions that, in the aggregate, exceed [$1,500;]
$5,000; and
(9) For all other offices, qualifying contributions that, in the aggregate, exceed $500."
PART II
SECTION 3. Section 11-115, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The names of the candidates shall be placed upon the ballot for their respective offices in alphabetical order except:
(1) As provided in section 11-118;
(2) As provided in section 13D-4;
[(2)] (3) For the limitations of the voting
system in use; and
[(3)] (4) For the case of the candidates for
vice president and lieutenant governor in the general election whose names
shall be placed immediately below the name of the candidate for president or
governor of the same political party."
SECTION 4. Section 13D-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) The board of trustees ballot shall be
prepared in such a manner that every voter qualified and registered under
section 13D-3 shall be afforded the opportunity to vote for each and every
candidate seeking election to the board.
[The ballot shall contain the names of all board candidates arranged in
accordance with section 11-115.] The names of the candidates shall be
placed upon the ballot grouped by residency requirement or lack thereof;
provided that within those groupings the names shall be placed in random order."
PART III
SECTION 5. The chief election officer is directed to establish procedures to implement the purpose of this Act, which shall apply to the election cycle beginning on January 1, 2022.
SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Elections; Partial Public Funding; Campaign Finance; Randomized Ballots
Description:
Changes the maximum amount of public funds available to each candidate running for the office of state senator, state representative, county council, and the board of trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs to an unspecified per cent of the expenditure limit established for each election. Amends the amount each office of Hawaiian affairs candidate must raise to qualify for public funds. Amends ballot requirements to display candidates for the office of Hawaiian affairs board of trustees, by residency and non-residency requirements and to randomize the order of candidate names within those groupings. (SD1)
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