STAND. COM. REP. NO.  434

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1135

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1135 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OFFICE OF ELECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve state elections by appropriating funds to allow the Election Commission to properly carry out its duties and responsibilities.

     The Office of Elections and The League of Women Voters of Hawaii supported this bill.

     Your Committee finds that the funding provided in this measure will help to improve the operations of the Election Commission.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1135, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1135, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair