STAND. COM. REP. NO.  215

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 813

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 813 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CODE OF ETHICS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the fair treatment law by:

     (1)  Separating out certain limitations placed on task force members from those placed on legislators; and

     (2)  Clarifying that legislators are not prohibited from taking action in the exercise of a legislator's legislative functions.

The State Ethics Commission and the League of Women Voters of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.  Common Cause Hawaii commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 813, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 813, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair