STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1159

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1491

      S.D. 1

      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 S.B. No. 1491, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISTRICT COURTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to expand the circumstances under which a summons or other writ issued by a district court may be served outside of the State.

 

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

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to upon approval.

 

     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 S.B. No. 1491, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1491, S.D. 1, 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