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HRS § 11-315 - Advisory opinions
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The commission may issue written advisory opinions on request, and if it does not act within 90 days after it has all needed information, an opinion is deemed rendered.
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The commission may issue written advisory opinions on request, and if it does not act within 90 days after it has all needed information, an opinion is deemed rendered.
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Commissioners and employees may not take part in political campaigns while serving, but they keep certain voting, associational, and public-affairs rights.
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The commission is exempt from specified section 26-35 rules and may communicate directly with the governor and legislature, make its own personnel decisions, and buy supplies without comptroller approval.
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Candidate committees and noncandidate committees must register with the commission and file an organizational report, with additional filing steps and deadlines tied to contributions or expenditures.
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A candidate committee’s organizational report must include specified committee, candidate, officer, depository, certification, and contributor information.
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A noncandidate committee’s organizational report must include specified identifying and disclosure information, and later changes must be filed electronically within 10 days, except for subsection (a)(12).
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Candidate and noncandidate committees must appoint a treasurer and keep required contribution and filing records.
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A committee that supports or opposes a candidate may not have an officer who also serves as an officer on another committee supporting or opposing the same candidate.
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A candidate committee or noncandidate committee may terminate its registration if it files the required termination request, reports undisclosed contributions and expenditures, has no surplus or deficit, submits its closing bank statement, and the commission approves the request.
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A ballot issue committee may use contributions and expenditures only for ballot issues on the next applicable election, not to influence candidate elections.
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Reports filed under this part must be certified by specified officers, filed through the commission’s electronic filing system, and filed by the stated deadline.
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This provision is marked repealed.
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The candidate and treasurer must file campaign reports, and the committee must file a late contribution report when late contributions from one person exceed $500.
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Certain candidates and their treasurers must file campaign reports on set dates.
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Certain party and noncandidate committee officials must file detailed campaign reports, include specific contribution and expenditure information, and noncandidate committees may not make or receive loans.
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Certain committee reports must be filed on set dates before or after elections, and some reports must continue until registration is terminated.
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The provision explains when an expenditure counts as made or incurred, how to treat use across reporting periods, and when certain election-related expenditures must be listed in a late expenditure report.
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Certain candidates and committee officers must file late contribution reports when contribution totals pass $500 near an election, and noncandidate committees must file late expenditure reports when independent expenditures pass $500 in that same period.
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Small candidate or noncandidate committees with $1,000 or less in election-period contributions and spending must file only a final election period report.
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Reports must be filed on time and true and accurate; the commission may fine late or defective reports.