STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1581-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 2600
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2600, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRONIC COURT RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, PROCESSES, AND CERTIFICATES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to amend the statutory requirements for court documents, processes, and certificates by:
(1) Requiring the seal of the court to be in the custody or control of the clerk of the court;
(2) allowing the seal of the court to be embossed, stamped, or electronically imprinted upon a court document, process, or certificate; and
(3) Providing that any requirement that a court document, process, or certificate be signed, certified, acknowledged, verified, exemplified, attested or made under oath or seal, is satisfied if the document bears an electronic seal of the court and an electronic image of the signature of the judge, clerk, or other authorized person.
The Judiciary and Honolulu Police Department testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to promote further discussion.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2600, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2600, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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