STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1273

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 510

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 510, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish the operating budget for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021, for the Judiciary.

The Judiciary, The Law Office of Lisa R. Arin, Inc., Hawaii State Bar Association, Maui County Bar Association, West Hawai‘i Bar Association, and three individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 510, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 510, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair