STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1431-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 887
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
887 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO JUDGES FOR THE CIRCUIT
     COURT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase the number of judges
in the Circuit Court of the Fifth Circuit, which serves the
islands of Kauai and Niihau, from one judge to two judges.

     The Judiciary and the Hawaii State Bar Association testified
in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
887 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair