STAND. COM. REP. NO.  822

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1210

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1210 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO JURORS AND PROSPECTIVE JURORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of the bill is to improve laws relating to jurors by:

(1)  Updating and revising definitions;

(2)  Repealing obsolete provisions; and

(3)  Providing greater flexibility to courts to determine the most effective procedures for qualifying, selecting, summoning, managing, and compensating prospective jurors.

     The Judiciary supported this bill.  The Office of the Public Defender opposed this measure in part.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2112, to facilitate 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 Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1210, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1210, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair