STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3153

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 115
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.C.R.
No. 115 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A STUDY OF HAWAII'S
     ELECTION AND CAMPAIGN SPENDING LAWS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution, as received by your
Committee, is to request the Legislative Reference Bureau to
conduct a study of and make recommendations for recodification of
Hawaii's election and campaign spending laws.

     Testimony in support of this resolution was submitted by the
Campaign Spending Commission and the American Civil Liberties
Union Hawaii.  Testimony recommending amendments to this
resolution was submitted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
resolution by:

     (1)  Limiting the subject of the study to campaign finance
          laws;

     (2)  Inserting language requesting that the Legislative
          Reference Bureau, in conducting the study and
          developing the recommendations, work with the Campaign
          Spending Commission;


 
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     (3)  Inserting a provision requesting that the Campaign
          Spending Commission provide the Legislative Reference
          Bureau with a list of problematic provisions;

     (4)  Limiting the recommendations for recodification to be
          provided by the Legislative Reference Bureau to only
          those recommendations that do not involve a substantive
          change to the law;

     (5)  Requesting that the Campaign Spending Commission
          provide recommendations for recodification where a
          substantive change to the law is required because of
          inconsistencies in the provisions of the present law;
          and

     (6)  Providing that the Campaign Spending Commission receive
          a copy of the resolution.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 115,
as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as
S.C.R. No. 115, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary,



                                   ______________________________
                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



                                   ______________________________
                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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