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Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 11-324

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Every candidate committee or noncandidate committee shall appoint a treasurer on or before the day it files an organizational report. The following shall be permissible:

(1) Up to five deputy treasurers may be appointed;

(2) A candidate may be appointed as the treasurer or deputy treasurer; and

(3) An individual who is not an officer or treasurer may be appointed by the candidate, on a fee or voluntary basis, to specifically prepare and file reports with the commission.

(b) A treasurer may resign or be removed at any time.

(c) In case of death, resignation, or removal of the treasurer, the candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee shall promptly appoint a successor. During the period that the office of treasurer is vacant, the candidate, candidate committee, or chairperson, or party chairperson in the case of a party, whichever is applicable, shall serve as treasurer.

(d) Only the treasurer and deputy treasurers shall be authorized to receive contributions or to make or incur expenditures on behalf of the candidate committee or noncandidate committee.

(e) The treasurer shall establish and maintain itemized records showing:

(1) The amount of each monetary contribution;

(2) The description and value of each nonmonetary contribution; and

(3) The name and address of each contributor making a contribution of more than $25 in value; provided that information regarding the employer and occupation of contributors shall also be collected and maintained for a noncandidate committee.

(f) The treasurer shall maintain detailed accounts, bills, receipts, and other records to establish that reports were properly prepared and filed.

(g) The records shall be retained for at least five years after the report is filed.

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