STAND. COM. REP. NO.  606-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2784

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2784, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

  The purpose of this bill is to:

 

     (1)  Increase the monetary limit of claims that may be filed in small claims court from $3,500 to $4,500; and

 

     (2)  Allow either party in a case the option of electing between the procedures of the small claims division or the ordinary procedures of the district court.

 

     A concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Judiciary provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2784, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair