STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1468-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 995
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
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. 995, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO REMOVE THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FOR STATE JUSTICES AND JUDGES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to propose a constitutional amendment to repeal the mandatory retirement age of 70 for state justices and judges.
AARP Hawaii testified in support of this bill. The Department of the Attorney General and a concerned individual opposed this measure. The Judicial Selection Commission offered comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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. 995, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 995, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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