STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1795

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2021

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1350

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1350, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Permit public notice in a short form for proposed, revised, and final reapportionment plans, subject to specific requirements;

 

     (2)  Temporarily amend the start date for the availability of nomination papers for the 2022 primary election;

 

     (3)  Define "permanent resident" for reapportionment purposes; and

 

     (4)  Authorize and appropriate funds for the Reapportionment Commission to retain outside legal counsel.

 

     Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General, Office of Elections, and Common Cause Hawaii.

 

     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 S.B. No. 1350, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, 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