Advisory Opinions

FY2020

  • Advisory Opinion 20-01 (Covington & Burling LLP Request-The application of HRS §11-355, the state ban on government-contractor political contributions as it relates to several types of pharmaceutical discount agreements)

FY2016

  • Advisory Opinion 16-03 (Government Contractor’s Association Request-The Aggregation of Contributions by the GCA noncandidate committee and its Board members and amongst the Board members themselves)
  • Advisory Opinion 16-02 (Perkins Coie Request-The establishment of a hybrid PAC, or two affiliated PACS, one a traditional noncandidate committee directly supporting candidates, the other a noncandidate committee making only independent expenditures (“Super PAC”); Application of HRS §11-363(a) to a person’s dissemination, distribution, or republication of a candidate’s campaign material; Super PAC’s use of a candidate’s polling data as coordinated activity.)
  • Advisory Opinion 16-01 (Chun Kerr LLP Request-The Application of HRS §11-355, the Ban of Contributions from Government Contractors, on the Parent Company of a Government Contractor)

FY2015

  • Advisory Opinion 15-01 (Government Contractor’s Association Request-The Use of Five Specific Sources of Revenue to Fund the GCA Noncandidate Committee)

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