STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1377-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2229

      S.D. 2

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. 2229, S.D. 2, 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 and repealing or amending obsolete or conflicting provisions, including the Uniform Durable Power of Attorney Act.

The Executive Office on Aging; Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Hawaii; Alzheimer's Association, Aloha Chapter; AARP Hawaii; and Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation 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 S.B. No. 2229, S.D. 2, 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