CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 75-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  , 2018

 

RE:     S.B. No. 2146

        H.D. 1

        C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2146, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLICATION OF ELECTION NOTICES,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to allow an election officer who is required to issue a public notice in a statewide or county publication to satisfy the publication requirement by submitting the notice to the publication and conspicuously posting the notice on the website associated with the election officer.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that timely filing of public notice relating to elections is important to keep the public well-informed and that unusual situations, such as vacancies in close proximity to the candidate filing deadline that add a contest to the ballot and extend the candidate filing deadline, should be brought to the attention of the public as soon as possible.  The Office of Elections cannot guarantee compliance by an outside entity once the Office provides a proclamation or other public notice, so requiring the Office to post the notice on the Office's website will ensure that the Office can meet election deadlines regardless of the actions of outside entities.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2018.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2146, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2146, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO

Chair

 

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI

Chair