Report Title:

Domestic Abuse, Stalking, Sexual Assault; Exemption from Court Costs and Fees

Description:

Exempts a person subject to abuse by a family or household member, stalking, or sexual assault from filing fees and court costs in connection with the filing, issuance, registration, or service of a protection order and certain other court documents. (SD2)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1116

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 2


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO COURTS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Chapter 607, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§607- Exemption of costs and fees. Persons subject to domestic abuse, abuse of family or household members, stalking, or sexual assault shall be exempt from paying the costs and fees prescribed in this chapter in connection with filing, issuance, registration, or service of a protection order, or a petition for a protection order, warrant, or witness subpoena issued for the purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment against, or contact or communication with or physical proximity to, another person. For purposes of this section, the term "protection order" means any temporary or final order of protection, a restraining order, or an injunction involving domestic abuse, abuse of family or household members, stalking, or sexual assault issued by a civil or criminal court, other than a support or custody order."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.