STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2444

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2155

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2155 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Judiciary to impose a convenience fee on the user of a credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment service and to pay those fees to the service provider.

 

     Your Committee received comments in support of this measure from the Judiciary.  The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that services fees for credit card, debit card, and other electronic payments are currently paid from the Judiciary's operating costs.  The ability to pay fines, fees, and court costs by electronic means is a convenience offered to people who use those services.  Your Committee finds that this measure will allow the Judiciary to recover the cost of electronic payment services and relieve the Judiciary's operating funds of this financial burden. 

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2155, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2155, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair