STAND. COM. REP. NO.  604

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 299

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 299 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS OF APPEAL,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to expedite the finality of judgments on appeal by shortening the time period to file an application for a writ of certiorari with the Hawaii Supreme Court from 90 days to 30, with an extension of up to an additional 30 days upon request.

 

     The Judiciary supported this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to January 1, 2012; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 299, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 299, 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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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair