STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2820

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2149

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2149, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

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

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Judiciary; Hawaii State Bar Association; Maui County Bar Association; MADD; OCC Legislative Priorities Committee, Democratic Party of Hawaii; and one individual.

Your Committee finds that the Legislature has not authorized a district court judge for the Second Circuit since 1982. Your Committee further finds that since 1982, the population of Maui County has more than doubled.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2149, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2149, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair