STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1197-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   S.B. No. 2454

      S.D. 2

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2454, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS AND RECORDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Allow courts to charge fees, as established by court rules, for certified copies of pleadings, orders, transcripts, and other documents; and

     (2)  Provide an exemption from these fees for state agencies, subject to limitation by court rules.

     The Judiciary and Department of the Attorney General provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Exempting state agencies from the fees with no limitations on the exemptions; 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2454, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2454, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair