§11-217.5 - Depletion of fund.
§11-217.5 Depletion of fund. (a) The Hawaii election campaign fund shall be under no obligation to provide moneys to eligible candidates if, in the partial public funding program or comprehensive public funding for elections to the county of Hawaii council, moneys in that fund are near depletion.
(b) For purposes of the partial funding program, if the Hawaii election campaign fund is close to depletion, as determined by the commission, the commission shall determine the amounts available to eligible candidates based on their order of eligibility in qualifying for partial public funds, as determined by the date of filing of an application for public funds with the commission pursuant to section 11-222; provided that the application has been accepted by the commission.
(c) For the purposes of the comprehensive public funding for elections to the county councils, if the Hawaii election campaign fund is close to depletion, the commission shall determine whether that program shall be operative in accordance with subpart . [L 1994, c 167, §1; am L 1999, c 64, §5; am L 2008, c 244, §21]
Note
Subsection (c) is printed as enacted.