STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2445

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2454

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2454, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to allow courts to charge fees, as established by court rules, for certified copies of pleadings, orders, transcripts, and other documents.

     This measure also exempts state agencies from the payment of these fees and allows limits on the exemption to be established by the court rules.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Judiciary.  The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will allow the Judiciary to consider imposing a fee to cover costs for the certification of copies of any pleadings, orders, transcripts, and other documents, which is currently prohibited.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2454, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2454, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair