Bill Text: HI SB2149 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To District Court Judges.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-23 - 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) C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, Souki, Tokioka excused (5). [SB2149 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2149-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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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 by 1. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
