Bill Text: HI HB1668 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
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-Introduced.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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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 upon its approval.
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INTRODUCED BY: |
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By Request |
Report Title:
Judiciary Package; District Court; Second Judicial Circuit; Judges
Description:
Increases the number of district judges in the Second Circuit by 1.
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