Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2337 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to reduce the filing fee for name changes of persons 65 years of age and older.

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that the filing fee for name changes has risen substantially in recent years, and that all individuals would benefit from a reduction of that fee. Your Committee respectfully recommends that your Committee on Finance review this measure and consider lowering the fee to $25 for all individuals.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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 intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2337, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2337, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.