STAND. COM. REP. NO.  417

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 298

      H.D. 1

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. 298 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COURT INTERPRETERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to include court interpreters who appear at the request of the circuit court, family court, or district court to those exempted from parking meter violations committed while appearing in court.

     The Judiciary, Office of the Public Defender, Office of Language Access, Hawaii Interpreter Action Network, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2059, to encourage further discussion; 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 Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 298, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 298, H.D. 1, 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