STAND. COM. REP. NO.  642-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2054

      H.D. 1

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. 2054 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to update the law governing powers of attorney in Hawaii by adopting the Uniform Power of Attorney Act.

The Executive Office on Aging, Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation, AARP Hawaii, and a few concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Judiciary submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Excluding the applicability of the Uniform Power of Attorney Act to a power of attorney created by a legal parent or legal guardian placing the care of a minor or a disabled adult under another person; and

     (2)  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 H.B. No. 2054, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2054, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair