STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1777-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 3202

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3202, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO EXTEND THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FOR STATE JUSTICES AND JUDGES FROM SEVENTY TO EIGHTY YEARS OF AGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to amend Article VI, section 3, of the Hawaii State Constitution to extend the mandatory retirement age of all state judges and justices appointed after November 5, 2008, from 70 years of age to 80 years of age.

     The Department of the Attorney General and Hawaii Government Employees Association testified in support of this bill.  The Judicial Selection Commission and AARP Hawaii testified in opposition to this measure.  A concerned individual submitted comments.

     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 S.B. No. 3202, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair