STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1217

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1485
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No.
1485 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISTRICT COURT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to amend section 604-8, Hawaii
Revised Statutes, relating to the jurisdiction of the district
court, by deleting reference to charges brought by complaint or
indictment.

     Your Committee finds that Act 64, Session Laws of Hawaii,
1998, provided concurrent jurisdiction between the district,
circuit, and family courts over certain offenses.  Thus, the
district court has concurrent jurisdiction with the family court
for any violation of section 709-906, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
when multiple offenses are charged through complaint or
indictment and at least one other offense is a criminal offense
within the jurisdiction of the district court.  Your Committee
further finds that the district court does not require that
offenses be charged through "complaint or indictment" nor is it a
common court practice.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of
Honolulu.


 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1485 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on
the calendar for Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary,



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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