STAND. COM. REP. NO. 911

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 823

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 823, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC FINES AND FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to reallocate fees collected from certain administrative processing costs to the Judiciary Computer System Special Fund and the General Fund in order to more effectively utilize these resources.   

     Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Judiciary of the State of Hawaii. 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will allow revenues collected from judicial administrative fees, including revenues generated from record requests for moving violations, district court costs, and reproduction fees, to be split between the Judiciary Computer System Special Fund and the General Fund to allow for a more efficient distribution of these revenues.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to allow for further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 823, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 823, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair