STAND. COM. REP. NO.  309

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1333

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. 1333 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve access to Justice by amending the jurisdiction of the Small Claims Division of the District Court to include those cases where the amount in controversy does not exceed $5,000.

     The Judiciary, The Mediation Center of the Pacific, Inc., and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

     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. 1333 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair