STAND. COM. REP. NO. 616-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 2500

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2500 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to amend the Judiciary Appropriations Act of 2005 that provided necessary funds for the operation and capital improvement costs for the Judiciary for fiscal biennium 2005-2007 (July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2007).

The Judiciary and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The Family Law Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association, Honolulu Family Court Professionals, and several individuals opposed this measure. Other individuals offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting $48,000,000 in fiscal year 2006-2007 to complete the Kapolei Judiciary Complex;

(2) Deleting $252,777 in fiscal year 2006-2007 for three staff attorney positions in the Intermediate Court of Appeals (JUD101);

(3) Deleting $65,709 in fiscal year 2006-2007 for two positions in the Kaneohe District Court (JUD310) of the First Judicial Circuit;

(4) Deleting $80,438 in fiscal year 2006-2007 for two positions in the Second Judicial Circuit (JUD320);

(5) Adding $395,000 in fiscal year 2006-2007 as a grant-in-aid to the Domestic Violence Clearinghouse (JUD601);

(6) Converting a $249,475 appropriation to Na Loio Immigrant Legal Services from a grant-in-aid to a purchase of service; and

(7) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to correct drafting errors.

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 H.B. No. 2500, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2500, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair