STAND. COM. REP. NO. 175

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

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




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 S.B. No.
901 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 repeal the June 30, 2000
sunset date for the Judiciary Computer System Special Fund into
which $2 of each $7 traffic abstract fee is deposited.

     Your Committee finds that the Judiciary Computer System
Special Fund was established in 1996 to enable the Judiciary to
upgrade its computer system and thereby increase its efficiency
and productivity.  Your Committee further finds that statewide
court automation is a long-term endeavor requiring a dedicated
source of funding.  Your Committee recognizes that court
processes are difficult to automate because the nature of the
litigation process requires keeping track of thousands of
documents and hundreds of individuals.  Therefore, your Committee
supports the implementation of a case management system to assist
in resource management and improve accessibility to court
processes and documents. 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Judiciary.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
measure by:

 
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     (1)  Repealing the provision that the Judiciary adopt
          temporary rules and requiring the Judiciary to adopt
          permanent rules subject to Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised
          Statutes; and

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

     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 S.B. No.
901, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 901, S.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   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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