STAND. COM. REP. NO.200

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1465

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1465 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR UNIFORM LAWS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate $35,500 in fiscal year 2003-2004 to the Attorney General for Hawaii's contribution to the costs of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and for registration and travel expenses for a deputy Attorney General to attend the 2003 annual meeting of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

Your Committee received testimony supporting this measure from the Chair, Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation.

Your Committee finds that the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) was created to determine which areas of the law should be uniformly enacted in all states. The impetus behind NCCUSL's creation arose out of concerns of state governments for improvement of laws and better interstate relations. The work of the NCCUSL include the Uniform Commercial Code, the Uniform Partnership Act, the Uniform Limited Partnership Act, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, and the Model State Administrative Procedure Act.

Your Committee further finds that NCCUSL, as a state service organization, depends on state appropriations for its continued operation. All states are asked to contribute a specific amount based on that state's population. Hawaii's contribution is $15,400. In addition, the NCCUSL convenes once a year for a period of eight to twelve days, usually in July or August. Travel and registration expenses are needed to send Hawaii's representative to the meeting.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1465 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair