THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2015
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Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Chair |
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Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Friday, February 06, 2015 |
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9:15 am |
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Conference Room 016 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGNS. Amends provisions related to anonymous contributions to change the threshold at which the provisions shall not apply from amounts that aggregate to less than $500 that are received from ten or more persons at the same political function, to less than $100 received from ten or more persons at the same political function.
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Requires noncandidate committee preliminary reports to be filed on October 1 of a general election year, rather than ten days prior to the general election.
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JDL |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Requires any fees assessed by the campaign spending commission to be deposited into the Hawaii election campaign fund. Requires that general funds, rather than moneys from the Hawaii election campaign fund, be used for the operating expenses of the campaign spending commission. Authorizes the campaign spending commission to use moneys from the Hawaii election campaign fund for investigation expenses.
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO PARTIAL PUBLIC FINANCING. Amends the partial public financing laws to amend the maximum amount of public funds available in each election to a candidate for the office of governor, lieutenant governor, or mayor to not exceed 50 per cent of the established expenditure limit for each election; and increase the matching contribution amount from the State from $1 for each $1 of qualifying contributions to $2 for each $1 of qualifying contributions in excess of the minimum qualifying contribution amounts. Makes an appropriation to increase funds available to candidates participating in the partial public funding program.
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Requires noncandidate committees making only independent expenditures to report whether its contributors and recipients are subject to disclosure reporting requirements and provide access to the contributor and recipient's reportable funding information.
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JDL |
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. Makes an emergency appropriation to the Department of the Attorney General for retention of expert witnesses and specialized legal counsel in major litigation against the State of Hawaii.
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JDL, WAM |
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW, IF TIME PERMITS.
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FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
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_____________________________________ Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran Chair |
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