Bill Text: HI HB1252 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Judges.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6 [HB1252 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2017-HB1252-Introduced.html
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
1252 |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to judges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 571-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§571-8 District family courts;
district family judges; appointment; sessions. (a) [In addition to the
district courts established under section 604-1, there may be established] The
supreme court may establish in each of the judicial circuits of the State a
district family court with the powers and under the conditions herein set forth
which shall be styled as follows:
(1) For the first judicial circuit: The district family court of the first circuit.
(2) For the second judicial circuit: The district family court of the second circuit.
(3) For the third judicial circuit: The district family court of the third circuit.
(4) For the fifth judicial circuit: The district family court of the fifth circuit.
(b) When in the discretion of the chief
justice of the supreme court the urgency or volume of cases so requires, the
chief justice may appoint one or more district family judges for each judicial
circuit[.] from the number of district court judges established under
section 604-1. In addition, within any circuit, the chief justice may
designate any district judge of the district court to act as a district family
judge within that circuit; the judge when so designated shall exercise the
powers of a district family judge appointed pursuant to this section.
The chief justice may also designate, within any circuit, a district family judge appointed pursuant to this section to act as a district judge, and the judge when so appointed shall have all the powers of a district judge appointed pursuant to section 604-2.
The chief justice may assign any district judge or district family judge of any circuit to serve temporarily in either the district court or the district family court of any other circuit.
The district family courts shall hold sessions at such places and as often as the family court judge or the senior family court judge, if there is more than one, of the judicial circuit shall prescribe."
SECTION 2. Section 602-51, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§602-51 How constituted. The
intermediate appellate court shall consist of a chief judge and [five]
associate judges. The chief judge, who shall be specifically selected, shall
supervise the administrative duties of the court."
SECTION 3. Section 603-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§603-3 First circuit court judges.
[Effective July 1, 1992, the] The circuit court of the first
circuit shall consist of [twenty-five]
judges, [who shall be styled as first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth,
fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth,
twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, and twenty-fifth judge,
respectively.] each of whom shall be styled as a judge of the circuit
court of the first circuit."
SECTION 4. Section 603-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§603-4 Other circuits; judges.
The circuit court of the fifth circuit shall consist of [two]
judges, [who shall be styled as first and second judge, and] each of
whom shall be styled as a judge of the circuit court of the fifth circuit.
The circuit court of the second circuit shall consist of [four]
judges, [who shall be styled as first, second, third, and fourth judge, and]
each of whom shall be styled as a judge of the circuit court of the
second circuit. The circuit court of the third circuit shall consist of [four]
judges, [who shall be styled as first,
second, third, and fourth judge, and] each of whom shall be styled as
a judge of the circuit court of the third circuit."
SECTION 5. Section 604-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"[[](b)[]] There shall be
appointed one or more district judges for each judicial circuit. The district
court of the first circuit shall consist of [fourteen]
judges[, who shall be styled as first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth
judge, respectively]. One of the district judges shall hear
landlord-tenant and small claims matters[,]; provided that when
in the discretion of the chief justice of the supreme court the urgency or volume
of cases so requires, the chief justice may authorize the judge to substitute
for or act in addition to or otherwise in place of any other district judge of
the district court of the first circuit. The district court of the second
circuit shall consist of [three]
judges[, who shall be styled as first, second, and third judge, respectively].
The district court of the third circuit shall consist of [three]
judges[, who shall be styled as first, second, and third judge, respectively].
The district court of the fifth circuit shall consist of [two]
judges [who shall be styled as first and second judge, respectively].
The chief justice may designate a judge in each circuit as the administrative
judge for the circuit."
SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Courts; Judges; Intermediate Appellate Court; Circuit Court; District Court; Family Court
Description:
Changes the composition of judges of the intermediate appellate court, circuit courts, district courts, and family courts.
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