STAND. COM. REP. NO. 171

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 889
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

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

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the courts to assess a
fee, not to exceed $50, for the issuance of a bench warrant.

     Your Committee finds that current law does not provide for
the recapture of costs when bench warrants are issued.  Your
Committee further finds that the courts incur the administrative
costs in these situations, unlike the costs of issuing a penal
summons.  Your Committee acknowledges the Judiciary's efforts to
develop additional revenue sources to support court operating
costs.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Judiciary.

     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.
889 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means.


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



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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