STAND. COM. REP. NO.747
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 774
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 774, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to require the Judiciary to provide mandatory training and education of judges who hear cases involving family law or domestic abuse.
The Domestic Violence Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline supported this measure. The Sex Abuse Treatment Center, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and the City and County Department of the Prosecuting Attorney supported this measure with suggested amendments.
The Office of the Public Defender and the Hawaii State Judiciary commented on the measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Authorizing the use of private funds, upon availability, to establish and implement a program of mandatory education and training for judges who hear family court or domestic abuse cases; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 774, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 774, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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