Comments on: Thursday (2)…Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals rejects Campaign Spending Commission’s attempt to impose $1,000 limit on corporate contributions http://ilind.net/2009/06/25/thursday-2hawaii-intermediate-court-of-appeals-rejects-campaign-spending-commissions-attempt-to-impose-1000-limit-on-corporate-contributions/ Ian Lind • Online daily from Kaaawa, Hawaii Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:21:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ketchupandfries http://ilind.net/2009/06/25/thursday-2hawaii-intermediate-court-of-appeals-rejects-campaign-spending-commissions-attempt-to-impose-1000-limit-on-corporate-contributions/comment-page-1/#comment-1814 ketchupandfries Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:18:18 +0000 http://ilind.net/?p=2708#comment-1814 Don't forget that HB128 passed last session: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/bills/HB128_CD2_.htm It looks like it'll become law w/o the Gov's sig, but I'd say this alters the dialog substantially since it was written to clarify the $1000 cap. It also restates the reporting requirements that were the premise of requiring corporate contributors to register as noncandidate committees. This isn't over yet. Don’t forget that HB128 passed last session: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/bills/HB128_CD2_.htm

It looks like it’ll become law w/o the Gov’s sig, but I’d say this alters the dialog substantially since it was written to clarify the $1000 cap. It also restates the reporting requirements that were the premise of requiring corporate contributors to register as noncandidate committees. This isn’t over yet.

]]> By: cfrnikki http://ilind.net/2009/06/25/thursday-2hawaii-intermediate-court-of-appeals-rejects-campaign-spending-commissions-attempt-to-impose-1000-limit-on-corporate-contributions/comment-page-1/#comment-1811 cfrnikki Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:54:40 +0000 http://ilind.net/?p=2708#comment-1811 ... and every session, legislators have the opportunity to fix this once and for all, with a ban or a very low limit. Rep Berg offered a very clean amendment with the $1,000 cap at the end of last session. The legislature could easily pick up that same language and pass it. Will they try? … and every session, legislators have the opportunity to fix this once and for all, with a ban or a very low limit. Rep Berg offered a very clean amendment with the $1,000 cap at the end of last session. The legislature could easily pick up that same language and pass it. Will they try?

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