Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2596 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to replace statutory references to "intermediate appellate court" with references to "court of appeals," contingent upon ratification of a related constitutional amendment.

Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the Judiciary.

This measure was recommended by the Hawaii Appellate Review Task Force and would implement S.B. No. 2610, which proposes a constitutional amendment to change the name of the Intermediate Appellate Court to the Court of Appeals. This measure shall become effective only if the proposed constitutional amendment is ratified.

Your Committee finds that this measure is appropriate implementation language for the proposed amendment.

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. 2596 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.