STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1208-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2446

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2446, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NOTARY PUBLIC FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase fees that notaries may charge to their clients.

One concerned individual opposed this measure.   

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the notary public fees from $25 to $10 for:

     (1)  Every deposition or official certificate;

     (2)  The administration of oath, including the certificate of the oath; and

     (3)  Each party signing any acknowledgement.

     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. 2446, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2446, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair