CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 104

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   S.B. No. 889
                                  S.D. 1
                                  H.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




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

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives
in S.B. No. 889, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:  

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY," 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure, as received by your Committee,
is to increase fees and mileage paid to persons serving as
jurors.

     Your Committee is aware that most citizens agree to serve as
jurors out of their sense of civic duty, despite the disruption
it may have on their daily work and family responsibilities.
Thus, your Committee agrees that enhanced juror remuneration
would support and encourage citizen participation.  Due to the
State's serious fiscal constraints, in order to support enhanced
juror remuneration, additional sources of revenue must be
identified.  Your Committee believes that increasing the fee from

 
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$25 to $50 for the issuance of penal summons upon persons who
fail to appear on traffic citations will generate additional
revenues to assist in supporting enhanced juror fees.  Despite
this additional revenue source, your Committee does not
anticipate that sufficient funds will be generated to support
increased juror fees, which has an estimated fiscal impact of
$500,000, nor an increase in mileage fees, which has an estimated
fiscal impact of $70,000.

     Therefore, upon further deliberation, your Committee has
amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting the increases in juror fees and mileage fees
          paid to jurors;

     (2)  Inserting a provision to define good cause
          consideration by the court in making a determination on
          whether a person under a temporary restraining order
          should be permitted to possess firearms or ammunition;

     (3)  Inserting a provision to increase the assessment for
          issuance of penal summons from $25 to $50; and

     (4)  Making technical, non-substantive changes for the
          purposes of clarity and style.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of S.B. No. 889, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 889, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
            HOUSE                             SENATE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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PAUL T. OSHIRO, Co-Chair           AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
SCOTT K. SAIKI, Co-Chair           MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Member           ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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SYLVIA J. LUKE, Member             CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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CYNTHIA HENRY WHALEN, Member       JOE TANAKA, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
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                                   WHITNEY ANDERSON, Member


 
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