STAND. COM. REP. 779

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 413

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 413, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF ELECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to increase accountability and make government more efficient by placing the Office of Elections within the Office of the Auditor, for administrative purposes only.

The League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Mestizo Association, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii testified in support of this bill. The Department of Human Resources Development commented on this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Clarifying the language that authorizes the transfer of functions and employees from the Office of Elections to the Office of the Auditor; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

 

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. 413, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 413, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair