STAND. COM. REP. NO. 174

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 900
                                        




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.
900 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify that a single,
uniform fee of $100 is to be applied to all probate actions
involving a decedent's estate.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will establish a
uniform fee to be collected only once upon filing for any
proceedings involving a decedent's estate.  Your Committee
further finds that the intent of this effort is to clarify that
this one fee applies to all probate cases, whether commenced
through formal and informal proceedings by either an appointed
representative or personal representative, and including foreign
representatives with authority to act in Hawaii.

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

     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.
900 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means.


 
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                                   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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