REPORT TITLE:
Elections, 2002


DESCRIPTION:
Limits campaign contributions for all candidates to an aggregate
of not more than $2,000. (SD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2147
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 11-204, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (a) as follows:
 
 3      "(a)  [No] Effective November 8, 2000, no person, other than
 
 4 a candidate for the candidate's own campaign, political party,
 
 5 political committees established and maintained by a national
 
 6 political party, or any other entity shall make contributions
 
 7 to[:
 
 8      (1)  A to] a candidate seeking nomination or election [to a
 
 9           two-year office] , or to the candidate's committee, in
 
10           an aggregate amount greater than $2,000 during an
 
11           election period[;
 
12      (2)  A candidate seeking nomination or election to a four-
 
13           year statewide office or to the candidate's committee
 
14           in an aggregate amount greater than $6,000 during an
 
15           election period; and
 
16      (3)  A candidate seeking nomination or election to a four-
 
17           year nonstatewide office or to the candidate's
 
18           committee in an aggregate amount greater than $4,000
 
19           during an election period].
 

 
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 1      These limits shall not apply to a loan made to a candidate
 
 2 by a financial institution in the ordinary course of business."
 
 3      SECTION 2.  The legality of a contribution made before
 
 4 November 8, 2000, shall be determined by the law in effect at the
 
 5 time the contribution is made.  No contribution that was legal
 
 6 when it was made shall be required to be returned as a result of
 
 7 this Act.
 
 8      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 9 New statutory material is underscored.
 
10      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.