STAND. COM. REP. NO. 406

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 383

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 383 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for operating and capital improvement costs of the Judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2023.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary; Hawaii State Bar Association, Kauai Bar Association; Hawaii County Bar Association; Appellate Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association; Environment, Energy, and Resources Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association; Farrell and Perrault Family Law Attorneys, LLC; Hawaii Veterans Legal Services; and two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure in a petition signed by twenty-six former presidents of the Hawaii State Bar Association.

Your Committee finds that the appropriations made by this measure will assist the Judiciary in its efforts to fulfill its constitutional and statutory duties for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 383 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair