REPORT TITLE:
Bench Warrants, Fines


DESCRIPTION:
Permits the court to assess a sum not to exceed $50 when issuing
a bench warrant.  (SD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.
 


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

 1      SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to give judges
 
 2 discretion to recover the actual cost of issuing a bench warrant
 
 3 by assessing a $50 fine upon the person for whom the warrant is
 
 4 issued.
 
 5      SECTION 2.  Chapter 607, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 6 by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately designated
 
 7 and to read as follows:
 
 8      "§607-    Assessment for bench warrant issuance.  The court,
 
 9 when issuing a bench warrant for any person who fails to appear
 
10 or who otherwise fails to comply with a court order, may assess
 
11 that person a sum not to exceed $50 for the cost of issuing the
 
12 bench warrant."
 
13      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
14 New statutory material is underscored.
 
15      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.