Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2308 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill to relieve the family court director of the duty of collecting statistics and preparing an annual report.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the Judiciary.

Your Committee finds that, currently, the Judiciary annually prepares and submits to the Legislature a complete report of the work of the Judiciary including statistics of the family court. This measure eliminates the duplication of this work as required in section 571-6(a)(5), Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee has amended this bill by making a technical, nonsubstantive change for style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2308, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2308, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.