Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 497 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to broaden the statute that allows the Judiciary to write off uncollectible fines and receivables to include other delinquent receivables.

The Judiciary testified in support of the bill.

Your Committee finds that this bill will enable the Judiciary to use a single, internal process to address its delinquent receivables.

Your Committee has amended this bill by specifying that the annual report is to cover the fiscal year immediately preceding the regular session in which the report is submitted.

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. 497, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 497, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.