STAND. COM. REP. NO.  194-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1579

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1579 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO JUDGMENT LIENS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to simplify the process for recordation of money judgments, orders, or decrees by clarifying that money judgments, orders, or decrees are considered valid liens against real property if they have been recorded in the Bureau of Conveyances.

The Hawaii State Bar Association Collection Law Section, Hawaii Council of Associations of Apartment Owners, and two individuals testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1579 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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CINDY EVANS, Chair