Bill Text: HI HB464 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Name Change Notice; Lieutenant Governor; Website ($)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-22 - Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 3 [HB464 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-HB464-Introduced.html
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to names.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the requirement to publish a notice of change of name in a newspaper of general circulation in the State is cost-prohibitive to many citizens, in contrast to providing notice through digital media. Affordable publishing of a notice of change of name now costs a petitioner in excess of $200.
The purpose of this Act is to require the office of the lieutenant governor, with the assistance of the chief information officer, to develop and maintain a website to provide petitioners with an affordable option of posting notices of a name change on the website.
SECTION 2. Section 574-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
"(d) A notice of change of name signed by the lieutenant governor shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the State as mentioned in the order for change of name, and the petitioner within sixty days of the signing of the notice of change of name shall deposit at the office of the lieutenant governor an affidavit executed by an officer of the newspaper publishing the notice showing that the notice has been published therein. The affidavit shall have attached to it a clipping showing the notice as published. Failure to deposit the affidavit of publication as required shall void that petition for a change of name by that petitioner.
If the cost of publication in a newspaper would exceed the filing fee under subsection (c), the petitioner may instead post a notice of change of name on a website maintained by the lieutenant governor for such a purpose; provided that the petitioner shall first deposit at the office of the lieutenant governor within sixty days of the signing of the notice of change of name an official estimate issued by an officer or authorized employee of the newspaper attesting to the estimated cost of publication in the newspaper."
SECTION 3. The chief information officer shall assist the office of the lieutenant governor in developing and implementing a website for the posting of notices of change of name in accordance with section 2 of this Act that shall be in operation by January 1, 2015.
SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2013-2014 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014-2015 to develop and maintain a website for the posting of notices of change of name.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the office of the lieutenant governor for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 5. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2013.
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Report Title:
Name Change Notice; Lieutenant Governor; Website
Description:
Offers persons the option of posting notices of a name change on an internet website maintained by the lieutenant governor. Appropriates funds for the lieutenant governor, with the assistance of the chief information officer, to develop and maintain the website.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
