STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2487

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2277
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
2277, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LAND COURT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to streamline procedures in the
Land Court.

     Among other things, this bill:

     (1)  Makes the Land Court procedures for the transfer and
          sale of property consistent with the procedures under
          the probate code by eliminating the requirement of a
          court order and authorizing the conveyance or sale of
          land court property by the filing of the required
          documents;

     (2)  Establishes the consistent treatment of real property
          in probate estates, regardless of the system of land
          recordation, thereby reducing probate costs;

     (3)  Specifies the information that should be included on
          the first page of the recorded instrument for purposes
          of consistency; and

     (4)  Allows a nonjudicial procedure to change the status of
          a registered owner (marriage, divorce, change of name,

 
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          dissolution of a corporation) on a certificate of
          title.

     Your Committee finds that these changes will not only reduce
costs to the public, but also will make the work of the Land
Court more efficient, both of which are worthy goals of any
government agency.

     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.
2277, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



                                   ______________________________
                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



                                   ______________________________
                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair


 
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