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A special state House committee tasked with determining the validity of a petition challenging the residency of Rep. Calvin Say (D, Palolo-St. Louis Heights-Kaimuki) will hold its first meeting Friday afternoon.
The committee will first give the petitioners, led by attorney Lance D. Collins, 20 minutes to present their case. Following a question-and-answer period, Say will then be given 20 minutes to present his side.
The six members of the committee are expected to discuss the matter and make a recommendation to the full House at a later date.
Friday’s meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m. in state Capitol Conference Room 325. It can be viewed live on Oahu via Olelo Channel 55.
It will also be broadcast live on public access stations on other islands, and can also be viewed via online video streaming at www.olelo.org.
To see the public documents on the petition, go to www.capitol.hawaii.gov/specialcommittee.aspx?comm=hsc&year=2015.
House Speaker Joe Souki said this is believed to be the first time the Legislature will convene a committee to determine a lawmaker’s residency.
Say, representative of the House district since 1976 and former House speaker, has fended off questions about his residency for years from people who assert that he actually lives in Pauoa Valley rather than in the 10th Avenue house where he has claimed he resides since he first entered office.
CORRECTION: The petitioners will get 20 minutes to present their case. An earlier version of this story and the story in the newspaper said they will get 6 minutes.
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