STAND. COM. REP. NO. 287

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 140

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 140 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECORD DISPOSITION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow the State Ethics Commission to maintain records of financial disclosure statements beyond the required retention period.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that this measure will provide the State Ethics Commission with greater flexibility in determining when to destroy or maintain its records after the mandatory retention period has elapsed.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 140 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair