STAND. COM. REP. NO.  116-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3321

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services & Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 3321 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHAPTER 580, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require all annulment, divorce, and separation proceedings on Oahu to be held at 777 Punchbowl Street, unless the parties agree to a different location.

     A concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Judiciary opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Requiring annulment, divorce, and separation proceedings on Oahu to be held at the Kapolei Judiciary Complex, unless all parties agree to hold proceedings at 777 Punchbowl Street; 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 Human Services & Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3321, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3321, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services & Housing,

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair