STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1290

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 901
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred S.B. No. 901, S.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY COMPUTER SYSTEM
     SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to remove the repeal date for
the judiciary computer system special fund, and to require the
Judiciary to adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, relating to the fund.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
Judiciary.  Additional comments were received from the State
Department of Budget and Finance.

     Your Committee finds that the judiciary computer system
special fund was established in 1996 to enable the Judiciary to
upgrade its computer system.  Your Committee further finds that
such a task is ongoing and that a stable source of funding will
allow the Judiciary to both plan and implement updates to the
system, which will benefit the public by providing a more
efficient and productive system.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting the proposed amendments to Section 2 of Act
          203, Session Laws of Hawaii 1996, leaving the repeal of

 
 
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          the sunset date as the only amendment to Act 203,
          Session Laws of Hawaii 1996; and

     (2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the
          purpose of clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 901, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 901, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the
Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair