Bill Text: HI SB2150 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Appellate Jurisdiction
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-05-14 - (H) Act 109, on 5/14/2010 (Gov. Msg. No. 323). [SB2150 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2150-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2377
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2150
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2010
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2150 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO APPELLATE JURISDICTION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to permanently establish the jurisdictional responsibilities of the appellate courts.
Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the Judiciary. Written testimony presented to your Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.
Your Committee finds that Act 202, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, authorized a change in the responsibilities of the appellate courts, essentially making the Hawaii Supreme Court a certiorari court. The resulting effects have been very positive: the Supreme Court has been able to hold oral argument in more of the cases it takes; appeals at the Intermediate Court of Appeals have been decided timely; and the age of pending and decided appeals has been reduced. Your Committee finds that the sunset provision of Act 202 should be repealed and the jurisdictional responsibilities established under Act 202 should be made permanent.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2150 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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