Report Title:

Intermediate Appellate Court; Judges

 

Description:

Increases the number of judges on the intermediate appellate court from 3 to 5.

 

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1460

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to the intermediate appellate court.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 602-51, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§602-51 How constituted. The intermediate appellate court shall consist of a chief judge and [three] five associate judges. The chief judge, who shall be specifically selected, shall supervise the administrative duties of the court."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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