STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1497-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.C.R. No. 11

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 11 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CREATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A TASK FORCE WITHIN THE JUDICIARY TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF AND BEST SYSTEM TO TRANSMIT SERVICE OF NOTICE AND PROCESS VIA ELECTRONIC EMAIL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the creation and establishment of a task force within the Judiciary to determine the feasibility of and best system to transmit service of notice and process via electronic mail.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the State of Hawaii Judiciary.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the task force should examine the initial service of process for lawsuits and notice of other proceedings.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 11, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 11, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair