STAND. COM. REP. NO.  675

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1526

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1526, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CIVIL RELIEF FOR STATE MILITARY FORCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to expand protections for military service members by:

     (1)  Conforming Chapter 657D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to civil relief for state military forces, to the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; and

     (2)  Waiving filing fees and court costs for a service member or other person seeking to enforce rights under Chapter 657D, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and an individual testified in support of the measure and provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Amending the definition of military service to include federal active duty military members who are under a call to active service for a period of more than thirty consecutive days; and

     (2)  Extending consumer protections to contracts for telecommunication services, internet services, television service, athletic club or gym memberships, or satellite radio services.

     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. 1526, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1526, H.D. 2.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair