STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1012-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1536

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1536, 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 appropriate supplemental funds for the Judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2021, and ending on June 30, 2023.

As introduced, this budget appropriates:

	FY 2021-2022	FY 2022-2023
General Funds	164,891,486	164,891,486
All Means of Financing	177,900,433	177,900,433

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary, Hawaii County Bar Association, Hawai‘i Access to Justice Commission, Appellate Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association, and West Hawai‘i Bar Association. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance, Hawaii State Bar Association, Legal Aid Society of Hawai‘i, and Volunteer Legal Services Hawai‘i.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

This amended budget appropriates:

	FY 2021-2022	FY 2022-2023
General Funds	164,891,486	165,852,799
All Means of Financing	177,900,433	178,353,683

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. 1536, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1536, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair