STAND. COM. REP. NO. 201-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2630
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2630 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OFFICE OF
     ELECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to create an appropriation for
the Office of Elections to hire and compensate necessary staff.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
State Office of Elections, the Office of the City Clerk, and The
League of Women Voters of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that the hiring and retention of
competent personnel by the Office of Elections is in the best
interest of the people of the State, and that an appropriation
for this purpose is justified.

     Your Committee amends this measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2630, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2630, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.


 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair