STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1389

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 1538

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1538, S.D. 2, 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 to the Judiciary for capital improvement projects for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary.

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 2023‑2025 fiscal biennium.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Increasing the appropriation for the Kaahumanu Hale elevator systems upgrades and modernization project from $4,505,000 to $5,000,000; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 S.B. No. 1538, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1538, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair