STAND. COM. REP. NO.  818-14

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 Judiciary, 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 streamline the process for recording money judgments, orders, or decrees by clarifying that money judgments, orders, and decrees are valid encumbrances against real property if they have been properly recorded in the Bureau of Conveyances.

The Collection Law Section of the Hawaii Bar Association, Hawaii Council of Associations of Apartment Owners, A R Recovery Solutions of Hawaii, MEDCAH, and two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

     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. 1579 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair