STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1365

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   S.B. No. 214

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

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 S.B. No. 214, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT COURT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Establish exclusive jurisdiction of the Small Claims Division of the District Court over cases for the recovery of money in which the amount claimed is $1,000 or less, exclusive of interest and costs; and

 

     (2)  Expand the jurisdiction of the Small Claims Division to any personal property worth $5,000 or less.

 

     The Judiciary testified in support of this measure.  The Hawaii State Bar Association Collection Law Section and Financial Services Association testified in opposition and recommended amendments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure to:

 

(1)  Amend section 633-27, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by making technical, nonsubstantive conforming amendments for clarity, consistency, and style; and

 

(2)  Make this measure take effect on its approval.

 

     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 S.B. No. 214, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 214, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair