STAND. COM. REP. NO. 517________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 993
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
 
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 993 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE JUDGMENT LIENS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to permit effective recovery of
money owed the State by debtors who own land court property.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
Department of the Attorney General.

     Your Committee finds that the provisions of this bill will
assist with the efficient recovery of money owed the State.

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 993, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
993, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.


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



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                                   PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair