STAND. COM. REP. NO.  58

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 346

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 346 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CIVIL PROCESS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to increase the fees of the sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, or independent civil process server for the service of any civil summons, warrant, attachment, or other civil process, or any attachment and inventory of property, execution, subpoena, subpoena duces tecum, or garnishee summons.  In addition, this measure increases the mileage fee and minimum agreed upon hourly rate for the service of process.

 

     The Department of Public Safety and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  One concerned individual testified in opposition.

 

     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. 346 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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KARL RHOADS, Chair