STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1863-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2150

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2150, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate supplemental funds for the operating and capital improvement costs of the Judicial Branch for fiscal year (FY) 2017-2018 and FY 2018-2019.

 

     The Delivery of Legal Services to the Public Committee of the Hawaii State Bar Association, Kauai Bar Association, Hawaii State Bar Association, Family Programs Hawaii, and several concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Judiciary, Department of Public Safety, Domestic Violence Action Center, Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, West Hawaii Bar Association, Hawaii Women's Coalition, and several concerned individuals provided comments.  

 

     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. 2150, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair