STAND. COM. REP. NO.  242

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 245

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 245 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WITNESSES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to increase fees paid to out-of-state witnesses, and witnesses from islands other than where the court is located, who are required to attend state court or grand jury.  Specifically, this measure will raise the per diem rate for out-of-state witnesses from $110 to $145 and add an additional $90 per 24-hour day if an inter-island witness is required to stay overnight.

 

     The Prosectuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to January 7, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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. 245, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 245, 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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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair