Electioneering communications; statement of information

HRS §11-341 — under [Old].

HRS §11-341

§11-341 Electioneering communications; statement of information. (a) Each person who makes an expenditure for electioneering communications in an aggregate amount of more than $1,000 during any calendar year shall file with the commission a statement of information within twenty-four hours of each disclosure date provided in this section.

(b) Each statement of information shall contain the following:

(c) An electioneering communication statement of information filed pursuant to this section shall be in addition to the filing of any other report required under this part.

(d) For purposes of this section:

"Disclosure date" means, for every calendar year, the first date during the calendar year on which an electioneering communication is publicly distributed, and the date on which any subsequent electioneering communication is publicly distributed; provided that the person making the electioneering communication has made expenditures for electioneering communications of more than $2,000 in the aggregate. "Disclosure date" for mailers means the date the mailers are first mailed.

"Person" shall not include a candidate or candidate committee.

(e) For purposes of this section, a person shall be treated as having made an expenditure if the person has executed a contract to make the expenditure. [L 2010, c 211, pt of §2; am L 2013, c 112, §9; am L Sp 2021, c 3, §1; am L 2022, c 169, §6]