2016 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 2. ELECTIONS
11. Elections, Generally
11-323 Organizational report, noncandidate committee.

§11-323 Organizational report, noncandidate committee. (a) The noncandidate committee organizational report shall include:

(1) The committee's name, which shall incorporate the full name of the sponsoring entity, if any. An acronym or abbreviation may be used in other communications if the acronym or abbreviation is commonly known or clearly recognized by the general public. The committee's name shall not include the name of a candidate;

(2) The committee's address, including web page address, if any;

(3) The area, scope, or jurisdiction of the committee;

(4) The name and address of the committee's sponsoring entity. If the committee does not have a sponsoring entity, the committee shall specify the trade, profession, or primary interest of contributors to the committee;

(5) The name, address, telephone number, occupation, and principal place of business of the chairperson;

(6) The name, address, telephone number, occupation, and principal place of business of the treasurer and any other officers;

(7) An indication as to whether the committee was formed to support or oppose a specific ballot question or candidate and, if so, a brief description of the question or the name of the candidate;

(8) An indication as to whether the committee is a political party committee;

(9) The name, address, telephone number, occupation, and principal place of business of the custodian of the books and accounts;

(10) The name and address of the depository institution in which the committee will maintain its campaign account and each applicable account number;

(11) A certification by the chairperson and treasurer of the statements in the organizational report; and

(12) The name, address, employer, and occupation of each contributor who contributed an aggregate amount of more than $100 to the noncandidate committee since the last election and the amount and date of deposit of each such contribution; provided that, for noncandidate committees making only independent expenditures, if a contribution of more than $10,000 in the aggregate in an election period is received from an entity other than an individual, for-profit business entity, or labor union, then the report shall include:

(A) The internet address where the contributing entity's disclosure report can be publicly accessed, if the contributing entity is subject to any state or federal disclosure reporting requirements regarding the source of the contributing entity's funds;

(B) The name, address, occupation, and employer of each funding source of $100 or more in the aggregate in an election period to that contributing entity; or

(C) An acknowledgment that the contributing entity is not subject to any state or federal disclosure reporting requirements regarding the source of the contributing entity's funds.

(b) Any change in information previously reported in the organizational report, with the exception of subsection (a)(12), shall be electronically filed with the commission within ten days of the change being brought to the attention of the committee chairperson or treasurer. [L 2010, c 211, pt of §2; am L 2015, c 209, §1]