§11-225  Public funds; examination andaudit; payments.  (a)  Within sixty days after each general election, thecommission shall conduct an examination and audit of all public funds receivedby the candidate and of the campaign contributions used for purposes ofqualifying for public funding under this subpart and the campaign expensesincurred by all candidates who received payments pursuant to section 11-217.

(b)  The campaign spending commission shallissue, prior to the payment of any public money, rules which detail whichexpenses and evidence thereof qualify as acceptable campaign expenses forpurposes of this section.

(c)  Should the commission determine that anypayment of public funds made to an eligible candidate pursuant to section11-221 was in excess of the aggregate amount of payments to which suchcandidate was entitled, the commission shall notify such candidate and suchcandidate shall pay to the Hawaii election campaign fund a sum equal to theamount of excess payment.

(d)  If the commission determines that anyamount of any public funds made to a candidate under section 11-217 was usedfor any improper purpose, the commission shall so notify the candidate, and thecandidate shall pay to the fund an amount equal to three hundred per cent ofsuch amount.

(e)  Any candidate who has received publicfunds under section 11-217 and who is convicted of violating any provision ofthis subpart shall, upon notification by the commission, pay to the Hawaiielection campaign fund the full amount of public funds received by suchcandidate.

(f)  No notification shall be made by thecommission under subsection (c) with respect to the payment of excess publicfunds more than two years after the payment of such funds. [L 1979, c 224, ptof §2; am L 1980, c 232, §1]