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BOB JACOBSON,c- 333 Kilauea Avenue, Second Floor
Couneilmember Ben Franklin Building, Hilo, 1-lawai`i 96720
• Mailing Address: 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 200
Chair, Environmental Management Committee per „ , Phone: (808) 961-8263
Vice-Chair, Finance Committee Fax: (808) 961-8912
E-Mail: Paco(.&co.hawaii.hi.us
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai `i
MEMORANDUM
Date: January 3, 2008
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To: Pete Hoffmann, Chair 29
and Members of the Hawaii County Council
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From: Bob Jacobson, Council Membe~ ca
District 6
Re: Information regarding agenda item; Communication 839/Resolutimfi:,439~67
in the Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations Committee ; ca L'
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On December 24, 2007 a copy of HB 661 HD 1 with proposed amendments drafted by the Senate
Majority Office, was distributed for your review. It was soon after realized that the Bill was
drafted on a Senate Bill template. This is why the copies you received look like a Senate Bill
(S.B. NO.). This draft has the proposed amendments to HB 661 HD1 that would establish a
comprehensive public funding for elections to Hawaii County Council program as per resolution
439-07 introduced and discussed in the Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations
Committee on December 18, 2007. A corrected version of HB 661 HD I with the proposed
amendments will be forwarded to the Judiciary committee where HB 661 HD1 is currently
waiting to be discussed.
Also I have attached here, an executive summary explaining the proposed amendments to HB661
HD 1.
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Ref. Date !ANO 8 2008
District 6 - Upper Puna, Ka'a, and South Kona
Hawai'/ County /s An Equal Opportunity Provider And Employer
Executive Summary for HB 661 HD1 Replacement
Language
Overview:
Creates comprehensive public funding for elections to Hawaii county council; establishes
qualifications, limitations on funding and use of funds, reporting requirements, and
amends chapter 11, part XII, to reflect changes. (HB661 HD1)
Mechanics of the Comprehensive Public Funding program for Hawaii County
Legislation:
• Redefines the word "county" to mean "the county with the largest land mass."
This is a routine process to single out a county without calling the county by
name, which is not acceptable in the standards for drafting legislation.
• Pays qualifying candidates money from the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund,
which is managed by the Campaign Spending Commission (CSC) and funded
through the two-dollar check off on state tax forms. The Hawaii Election
Campaign Fund currently has over $5 million in the bank and gathers
approximately $1 million per year from tax form contributions. Since the
operating budget for the CSC is approximately $500,000, this creates a net gain of
approximately $500,000 per year for the campaign fund, or $1 million every two
years (election years are every two years).
• Sets the number of qualifying signatures for candidates at 200 for each county
district. The qualifying signatures must come from registered voters who live in
the district for which the candidate is running, and must be accompanied by a $5
contribution from the signer. The contributions must be made in a way that the
CSC can verify that it came from the signer. This would be a personal check or
money order.
• Signatures and contributions must be turned in to the CSC no later than thirty
days prior to the primary election. The CSC then must respond within 10
business days, letting the candidate know if they have been approved or denied
certification.
• To determine the amount that a candidate receives, the CSC will average the
amount of money raised by the winners of that district over the last two election
cycles.
• If a publicly funded candidate is outspent by a privately funded candidate, the
publicly funded candidate will receive a dollar-for-dollar match (up to a certain
set amount). During the final 45 days before the election, reporting requirements
change to insure that a publicly funded candidate receives matching funds if he or
she is being outspent by a privately funded candidate (refer to section 11-M)
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Lively, Barbara
From: Robert Jacobson pacobs@hawaiianisp.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 2:18 PM
To: 'Lively, Barbara'
Subject: 661
Hawaii State Legislature
Bill Status
xs661 HDl n C
Generated on 1/3/2008 2:18:52 PM
Measure Title:
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING.
Report Title:
Campaign Spending; Public Funding
Description:
Creates comprehensive public funding for elections to any county council; establishes qualifications,
limitations on funding and use of funds, reporting requirements, and amends chapter 11, part XII, to
reflect changes. (HB661 HD 1)
Package:
Companion:
SB1068
Introducer(s):
WATERS, BELATTI, BERG, CALDWELL, GREEN, MIZUNO, Bertram
Current Referral:
JDL, WAM
Date Status Text
1/19/2007 H Pending introduction.
1/22/2007 H Introduced and Pass First Reading.
1/22/2007 H Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 3
2/2/2007 H Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-06-07 at 2:00 pm in
House conference room 325.
2/6/2007 H The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
2/9/2007 H Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 02-13-07 at 2:00 pm in
conference room 325.
The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH
AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s)
2/13/2007 H Waters, B. Oshiro, Caldwell, Evans, Green, Ito, Luke, McKelvey, Morita,
Sonson, Souki, Yamane, Yamashita, Marumoto, Pine; Ayes with
reservations: Representative(s) Tsuji; 0 Noes: none; and I Excused:
Representative(s) Thielen.
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Reported from the committee on JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 744) as
2/15/2007 H amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral
to the committee on FIN.
Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee
2/16/2007 H (s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Takai, Takamine, Takumi excused
(3).
3/1/2007 H Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-01-07 at 4:30 pm in
House conference room 308.
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED,
UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) M.
3/1/2007 H Oshiro, Lee, Belatti, Brower, Chong, Hanohano, Har, Magaoay, Manahan,
Mizuno, Nakasone, Rhoads, Sagum, Awana, Ward; Ayes with reservations:
Representative(s) Tokioka; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s)
Carroll, Meyer.
3/2/2007 H Reported from the committee on FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1196),
recommending passage on Third Reading.
3/6/2007 H Passed Third Reading with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Sagum,
Takai, Thielen excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.
3/8/2007 S Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 218).
3/8/2007 S Passed First Reading.
3/8/2007 S Referred to JDL, WAM.
8/27/2007 D Carried over to 2008 Regular Session.
3:03:13 PM
$ = Appropriation measure
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