STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1873

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 1196

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1196, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that under section 26-34, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the authorization for board and commission holdover members to continue in office until a successor is nominated and appointed, but not beyond the end of the second regular legislative session following the expiration of the member's term of office, takes precedence over all conflicting statutes concerning holdover members.

Your Committee did not receive any written testimony on this measure.

Your Committee finds that this measure, which makes clear that any conflicting statutes concerning holdover members must yield to it, will resolve any potential argument that a holdover member may continue to occupy office beyond the end of the second regular legislative session following the expiration of the member's term.

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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1196, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair