STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1171-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2082

      S.D. 1

      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 S.B. No. 2082, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAND COURT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the fee schedule in section 501-218, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is not intended to be a comprehensive schedule of all fees payable under chapter 501, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Specifically, the measure authorizes the Hawaii Supreme Court, by rule of court, to revise, amend, add to, or eliminate land court fees, or to prescribe additional fees as it deems reasonable.

The Judiciary and the Department of Land and Natural Resources provided testimony in support of the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing its contents with the contents of H.B. No. 1636, which authorizes the Hawaii Supreme Court, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Department of Accounting and General Services, by rule, to revise, amend, add to, or eliminate land court or Bureau of Conveyances fees, or to prescribe additional fees, for services provided by each respective agency.  Your Committee has further amended the measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of 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. 2082, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2082, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair