STAND. COM. REP. NO.  193

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 124

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 124 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COUNTIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to extend the statute of limitation for actions against a county for damage or injury from six months to two years.

     Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The State Attorney General and the Corporation Counsel of the City and County of Honolulu testified against this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and

     (2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 124, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 124, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair