STAND. COM. REP. NO. 525

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 163
                                     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 H.B. No. 163 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO JURORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase the fee for jury
duty service from $30 to $40 per day and to increase the mileage
fee for jury duty service from 33 cents to 37 cents per mile.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
Hawaii State Bar Association, Common Cause Hawaii, and a
concerned citizen.  Additional testimony was received from the
Judiciary.

     Your Committee finds that the fee for jury duty service
should be increased to fairly compensate jurors for their
service.  Jury duty mileage fees should also be increased to
mirror federal juror mileage fees.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by inserting an
appropriation of $660,000 to provide for the increase in fees for
jury duty service and mileage.

     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 H.B. No. 163, as amended herein, and recommends that

 
 
 
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it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
163, 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