STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1103

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1211

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 1211, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FAMILY COURT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to increase fees for court-apointed counsel and guardian ad litem in Family Court civil cases.

     The bill provides that fees for legal services be increased to $90 and hour and for non-legal services to $60 an hour.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the bill from the Judiciary.  There was no opposition to the bill.

     Your Committee amended the bill to make it effective upon approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1211, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1211, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair