STAND. COM. REP. 809

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1116

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1116, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to bring the State into compliance with the federal Violence Against Women Act by exempting persons subjected to abuse by a household member, stalking, or sexual assault from certain court filing fees and costs.

The Department of the Attorney General supported this bill.

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 H.B. No. 1116, 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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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair