STAND. COM. REP. NO.  557

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2021

 

RE:   H.B. No. 185

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 185 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2023.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary; Hawaii State Bar Association; Environment, Energy, and Resources Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association; Kauai Bar Association; Hawaii County Bar Association; Farrell & Perrault, LLLC; Hawaii Veterans Legal Services; and numerous individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from seven individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that the appropriations made by this measure will assist the Judiciary in its efforts to fulfill its constitutional, statutory, and public service duties for the 2021‑2023 fiscal biennium.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 185 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair