STAND. COM. REP. NO.  767-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1474

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1474, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish the designation of "Kiwila Pono" or "Champion of Democracy" for employers who permit employees to be absent with pay on Election Day to work at a polling place and for employees who do so.

 

     The Office of Elections provided testimony in support of this measure.

 

     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. 1474, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair