Report Title:

Courts; Use of Courtrooms

Description:

Prohibits use of courtrooms and rooms within a courthouse by judges and justices to conduct private ceremonies for which the judge or justice is paid a fee.

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	683
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO COURTS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 601, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§601-   Courtroom use; restrictions. No courtroom, whether a district, family, circuit, or appellate courtroom, and no other room or place within any courthouse, shall be used for any private ceremony performed or administered by a judge or justice, if a fee is received by the judge or justice in connection with that ceremony."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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