STAND. COM. REP. NO.  844-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   S.B. No. 2150

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2150 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO APPELLATE JURISDICTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to permanently establish the jurisdictional responsibilities of the appellate courts.

     The Judiciary testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by extending the repeal date to June 30, 2014, rather than permanently establishing the jurisdictional responsibilities of the appellate courts.

     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 S.B. No. 2150, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2150, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair