STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1358-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2149

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2149, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISTRICT COURT JUDGES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase the number of district judges in the Second Circuit from three to four judges.

The Judiciary, County of Maui Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Hawaii State Bar Association, Maui County Bar Association, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and a few individuals testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2055, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment 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 S.B. No. 2149, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2149, S.D. 2, 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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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair