THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

     MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2000

                 COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
                        9:00 a.m.
                   Conference Room 229


        DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURES
            (Deferred from February 22, 2000)


SB 2480       RELATING TO ANNULMENT, DIVORCE, AND SEPARATION       JDC
           Exempts impoverished persons  from the legal notice
           requirement   when   a   divorce,   annulment,   or
           separation is filed.

SB 2067       RELATING TO AWARDING CUSTODY AND VISITATION          JDC
           Requires written order with reasons for decision in
           awarding custody to  person  against  whom there is
           evidence of family violence.

SB 2982       RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT                            JDC
           Amends the law relating  to  child support liens to
           clarify that the lien  arising from a child support
           order or  judgment  takes  priority over subsequent
           liens  only  when  the  child  support  debtor  was
           actually delinquent in payment  at  the time of the
           subsequent lien.

SB 2758       RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT                JDC
           Provides  numerous  revisions  to  comply  with the
           mandates of Title IV-D  of the Social Security Act.
           Compliance with  these  mandates  are  required for
           continued funding of  the Child Support Enforcement
           Agency.

SB 2535       RELATING TO PROBATE                                  JDC
           Probate letters; makes housekeeping amendment.

SB 2761       RELATING TO THE DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT RECORDS     JDC
           Relieves the State and  county agencies of the time
           and expenses of  retrieving,  reviewing, and making
           information, that the agency  maintains but did not
           originate, available  to  the  public under chapter
           92F.

SB 2927       RELATING TO CHAPTER 92F, UNIFORM INFORMAION          JDC
           PRACTICES ACT (MODIFIED)
           Clarifies that agencies  have  10 working days from
           the date of receipt by  the  agency to respond to a
           request for personal records under section 92F-23.

 
SB 2924       RELATING TO OPEN MEETINGS                            JDC
           Helps   public    agencies    hold    meetings   by
           videoconference.

SB 2120       RELATING TO ACT 316, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1993,    JDC
           AS AMENDED BY ACT 157, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1995; AND
           TO ACT 278, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1999
           Adds  reenactment  language   to   laws  that  were
           amended, and  will  be  inadvertently  repealed, by
           laws establishing the  expedited sentencing program
           and amending the  crime victim compensation special
           fund.

SB 2121       RELATING TO OBSOLETE LAWS                            JDC
           Repeals or makes  conforming  amendments to various
           statutes  that   have   either   been  repealed  by
           implication, or by their  own terms by operation of
           law, and are now  deemed  to be "functus", that is,
           have accomplished their intended purpose and are of
           no further force or effect.

SB 2711       RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE                 JDC
           Provides that any administrative rule that has been
           adopted pursuant to  statute  or ordinance that has
           been  subsequently   repealed   shall  be  repealed
           automatically upon the  effective  date of this Act
           without regard to chapter  91,  HRS.  Provides that
           whenever a statute  or  ordinance  is repealed, the
           administrative rule that is adopted pursuant to the
           repealed  statute  or   ordinance   shall  also  be
           repealed automatically  without  regard  to chapter
           91, HRS.


                No testimony will be accepted.


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