(a) There is established a campaign spending commission, which shall be placed within the department of accounting and general services for administrative purposes.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-311

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Commission: means the campaign spending commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
  • Commissioner: means any person appointed to the commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
  • Newspaper: means a publication of general distribution in the State issued once or more per month, which is written and published in the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
(b) The commission shall consist of five members representing the general public and who are appointed by the governor from a list of ten nominees submitted by the judicial council. A vacancy on the commission shall be filled from the list of nominees or by the reappointment of a commissioner whose term has expired, subject to the limit on length of service imposed by § 26-34. The judicial council shall meet and expeditiously select additional persons for the list of nominees whenever the number of the eligible nominees falls below five. Notwithstanding § 26-34, appointments to the commission shall not be subject to the advice and consent of the senate.
(c) The judicial council may solicit applications for the list of nominees through community organizations and advertisements in any newspaper.

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