STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1007-22

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2022

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1841

      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. 1841, 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:

 

     (1)  Increase the rate of compensation and maximum allowable amounts per case for court-appointed counsel and guardians ad litem; and

 

     (2)  Appropriate funds to the Judiciary for the purchase of service contracts, guardian ad litem contracts, and court-appointed counsel contracts.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Hawaii Access to Justice Commission, and two individuals.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the hourly rates to unspecified amounts;

 

     (2)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of 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. 1841, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1841, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair