STAND. COM. REP. NO.  530-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2841

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2841 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM INTERSTATE DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY ACT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act which allows litigants from out-of-state to serve subpoenas upon persons in the State.

 

     The Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

 

     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. 2841 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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