STAND. COM. REP. NO.  234

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 301

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 301 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RESPONSE TO WRIT FOR CERTIORARI,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to enable the Hawaii Supreme Court to grant a single extension of 15 days for a party to file a response to an application for a writ of certiorari upon a timely written request by the party.

 

     The Department of the Attorney General and the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu supported this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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. 301, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 301, 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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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair