STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO.607-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 1012

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1012 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO CHANGE THE ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE SENATE OR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve the electoral process by proposing an amendment to article III, section 6, of the Hawaii Constitution to change the eligibility requirements for persons who wish to serve as a member of the Senate or House of Representatives.

Specifically, this bill requires that candidates for senator or representative be qualified voters in the districts they wish to represent prior to filing primary election nomination papers, except in cases where an incumbent senator or representative is displaced by reapportionment.

The Office of Elections, Common Cause Hawaii, and a concerned citizen testified in support of this measure. The Libertarian Party of Hawaii testified in opposition to this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1012 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

 

		____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair