Bill Text: HI SB572 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Civil Process Servers, Service of Process, Department of Public Safety, Registration of Civil Process Servers

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-12-17 - Carried over to 2016 Regular Session. [SB572 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-SB572-Introduced.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

572

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO SERVICE OF LEGAL PROCESS.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 353C-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  Any independent civil process server may submit the server's name to the director to be placed on the list; provided that a person shall not be placed on the list if the person:

     (1)  Is serving a criminal sentence;

     (2)  Has been convicted of a crime within the previous ten years;

     (3)  Is required to register as a sex offender; [or]

     (4)  Is subject to any other legal restriction, including a temporary restraining order, that prevents the person from serving process[.];

     (5)  Cannot provide documentation verifying that the person has received the training necessary to ensure compliance with the applicable laws regarding the service of process in the State;

     (6)  Cannot provide a copy of a current State of Hawaii general excise tax license; or

     (7)  Cannot provide evidence verifying that the person is bonded or covered under errors and omissions insurance."

     SECTION 2.  Act 116, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, is amended by amending section 25 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 25.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval [and shall be repealed on June 30, 2015; provided that:

     (1)  Section 501-154, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 2 of this Act;

     (2)  Section 603-29, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 3 of this Act;

     (3)  Section 604-6.2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 4 of this Act;

     (4)  Section 607-4(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 5 of this Act;

     (5)  The title and subsection (a) of section 607-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 6 of this Act;

     (6)  Section 633-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 7 of this Act;

     (7)  Section 634-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 8 of this Act;

     (8)  Section 634-12, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 9 of this Act;

     (9)  Section 634-22, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 10 of this Act;

    (10)  Section 634-29, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 11 of this Act;

    (11)  Section 651-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 12 of this Act;

    (12)  Section 652-1.5(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 13 of this Act;

    (13)  Section 652-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 14 of this Act;

    (14)  Section 652-2.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 15 of this Act;

    (15)  Section 652-2.6(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 16 of this Act;

    (16)  Section 654-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 17 of this Act;

    (17)  Section 666-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 18 of this Act; and

    (18)  Section 666-21(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 19 of this Act,

shall be reenacted in the form in which they read on the day prior to the effective date of this Act]."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on June 29, 2015.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Civil Process Servers, Service of Process, Department of Public Safety, Registration of Civil Process Servers

 

Description:

Requires independent civil process servers to meet additional requirements in order to be placed on the director's list of qualified civil process servers.  Makes permanent Act 116, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, relating to persons authorized to serve civil legal process.

 

 

 

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