STAND. COM. REP. NO.  305

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 300

      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. 300 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the operating and capital improvements costs of the Judiciary for fiscal biennium 2011-2013.

     The Judiciary, Hawaii State Bar Association Family Law Section, The Mediation Center of the Pacific, Inc., and many concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Hawaii State Bar Association and several concerned individuals provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Making unspecified the operating amounts for the Judicial Selection Commission for fiscal years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013; 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. 300, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 300, H.D. 1, 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