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t+ w COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 238 09 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC FUNDING PROGRAM FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAII COUNCIL ELECTIONS. WHEREAS, Act 244, 2008 Session Laws of Hawaii, created a comprehensive public funding program as a pilot program for the County of Hawaii Council elections beginning in 2010 until the 2014 elections; and WHEREAS, Act 244 provides that any candidate for a Hawaii County Council office can apply for comprehensive funding, providing that person accrues 200 signatures and a $5 contribution from each signer, up until a total of $300,000 has been expended from the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund; and WHEREAS, based upon preliminary calculations, the base amount of funds and equalizing funds that would be available to candidates for election to the Council in 2010, if one candidate in each race in the primary and general election is certified by the Commission to receive public funds, would total $380,220; and WHEREAS, adequate public funding must be made available to insure the successful implementation of Act 244 for the 2010 elections, and the success of this pilot program; and WHEREAS, sufficient funds already exist in the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund to raise the limit of $300,000 without adding to the fiscal burden of the State or the taxpayers; and WHEREAS, Act 244 has yet to specify empirical objectives with which this pilot program can be adequately assessed, now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the State Legislature take immediate action to amend the comprehensive public funding program upon reconvening for the 2010 session to raise the limit set for the execution of this pilot program to $500,000 to better insure success of this program BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the State Legislature in the 2010 session take action to address the lack of objectives with which this program can be properly assessed