Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1864 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation out of the Judiciary's Computer System Special Fund for the Judiciary to defray unanticipated costs associated with the implementation of the Judiciary Information Management System (JIMS).

Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the Judiciary. One individual offered comments on the measure.

Your Committee finds that the implementation of JIMS is a critical component of the Judiciary's ongoing effort to modernize its case tracking system which, in turn, will streamline court operations, allow the Judiciary to interface and share information with other state agencies, and increase accessibility to the courts in Hawaii. This emergency appropriation will allow the Judiciary to defray unexpected costs relating to purchase and installation of computer hardware and meet its targeted start up date for JIMS, thereby avoiding prolonged delays and additional costs.

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 S.B. No. 1864 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.