Pursuant to HRS §11-426, on the day that you exceed your expenditure limit, you must:
Notify all opponents, the Office of Elections, and the Commission by telephone and in writing on the day the expenditure limit was exceeded;
Pay the balance of the full filing fee for nomination papers to the Office of Elections or your respective County Clerk’s Office;
Provide reasonable notice to all contributors within thirty (30) days of exceeding the limit that the expenditure limit was exceeded; and
Return all public funds (if received) within fourteen (14) days.
At this point in time, you are no longer eligible to receive public funds.
Failure to comply with these steps may result in an administrative fine up to $1,000 as set forth in the Commission’s Schedule of Fines which is available for viewing on the Commission’s website at https://ags.hawaii.gov/campaign/legal-resources/schedule-of-fines/.