Bill Text: HI HB1668 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To District Court Judges.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-16 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Ing, Nakamura, Onishi, Woodson excused (5). [HB1668 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-HB1668-Amended.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO DISTRICT COURT JUDGES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. 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] four judges, who shall be styled as
first, second, [and] third, and fourth 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 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Judiciary Package; District Court; Second Judicial Circuit; Judges
Description:
Increases the number of district judges in the Second Circuit from three to four judges. (HB1668 HD1)
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
