Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1134 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to create a new source of revenues to be deposited into the judiciary computer system special fund.

Specifically, the measure provides that administrative costs of processing civil filings in the District and Circuit Courts, except those brought by the State or any county, are to be deposited into the judiciary computer system special fund by the clerks of the District Court and Circuit Court, respectively.

Your Committee finds that the judiciary computer system special fund was created by the Legislature in 1996 to be used to upgrade the Judiciary's computer system and obtain new technology in civil, criminal, and appellate case processing. Depositing additional fees into the special fund, as required by this measure, will enable the Judiciary to continue to develop an up-to-date network infrastructure and a new integrated statewide judiciary information management system that will not only increase the Judiciary's efficiency, but also will improve service to the public.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended the measure by making the following technical amendments:

In addition, a technical nonsubstantive amendment was made to reflect correct drafting style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1134, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1134, S.D. 1.