Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 423 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this short form bill is to amend the laws relating to civil proceedings.

Your Committee has amended this measure by clarifying the definition of government beneficiary and the attachment of salaries for purposes of garnishment of government beneficiaries; and requiring the filing of a nonhearing or hearing motion to extend the life of a domestic judgment or decree.

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 action to report out S.B. No. 423, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 423, S.D. 1, and be recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary, for further consideration.