STAND. COM. REP. NO.  686

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1138

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1138 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ATTORNEY'S LIENS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the system of attorney liens by including arbitration in those proceedings to which attorney liens may be attached, and eliminating the filing deadline for attorney liens.

     The Collection Law Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association testified in support of this measure.

     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 H.B. No. 1138 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair