STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1289

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 889
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred S.B. No. 889, S.D. 1, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to permit the court to assess a
fee not to exceed $50 when issuing a bench warrant.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
Judiciary.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by deleting its
contents and replacing it with the contents of H.B. 163, H.D. 2,
which passed the House earlier this session.  As amended, this
bill:

     (1)  Increases the jury duty service fee from $30 to $40 per
          day;

     (2)  Increases the mileage fee for jury duty service from 33
          cents to 37 cents per mile; and

     (3)  Appropriates $1 for the purposes of further
          discussions.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to

 
 
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this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 889, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 889, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the
Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair