Report Title:

Relating to Name Changes.

Description:

Reduces the filing fee for name changes of persons 65 years of age and older.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2812

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO NAME CHANGES.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 574-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) Except for petitioners who are sixty-five years of age or older, the [The] filing fee of $100 shall accompany the petition when submitted and shall not be refundable. The nonrefundable filing fee for petitioners who are sixty-five years of age or older shall be $25."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2004.

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST