CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. -0 19-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2600

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2600, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRONIC COURT RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, PROCESSES, AND CERTIFICATES,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Allow court documents and records to be electronically signed and sealed; and

(2) Allow both the electronic seal and the electronic signature to satisfy the requirements that a court document, process, or certificate be signed, certified, acknowledged, verified, exemplified, attested, or made under oath or seal.

This measure will allow court documents to be electronically signed and sealed, saving on labor costs, paper costs, and time for both the courts and law enforcement agencies.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure to change the effective date to upon approval.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2600, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2600, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

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BLAKE K. OSHIRO, Co-Chair

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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

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SCOTT NISHIMOTO, Co-Chair