STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1143-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2497

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2497 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM INTERSTATE DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY ACT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enact the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act, which sets forth a procedure for litigants to depose out of state individuals and for the production of discoverable materials that may be located out of state.

The Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by 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 S.B. No. 2497, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2497, 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