STAND. COM. REP. NO. 766
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: H.B. No. 813
H.D. 3
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 813, H.D. 2, 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 certain limitations placed on task force members from those placed on legislators; and
(2) Clarifying that legislators are not prohibited from making statements or taking action in the exercise of their legislative functions.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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. 813, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 813, H.D. 3.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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