STAND. COM. REP. NO.  782-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2696

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2696, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARD OF THE JUDICIARY HISTORY CENTER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify the process for filling vacancies on the Executive Board of the Judiciary History Center by allowing the Chief Justice to fill a vacancy in any one of the three positions originally appointed by the Chief Justice, with appointees selected from a list of candidates provided by the Friends of the Judiciary History Center (FJHC).

     The Judiciary and FJHC supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by 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 H.B. No. 2696, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2696, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair