STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1079

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1814

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. 1814 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure legislative access to information about the Family Court by requiring the Board of Family Court Judges to provide the Legislature, upon request, reports containing Family Court data and information that the Legislature may consider necessary.

     A concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Judiciary offered comments.

     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. 1814 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair