Bill Text: HI SB17 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Judiciary; Supreme Court; Rules

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB17 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB17-Introduced.html

Report Title:

Judiciary; Supreme Court; Rules

 

Description:

Clarifies the supreme court's rule making authority.

 


THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

17

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO JUDICIARY.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 612-27, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§612-27  Rules.  The supreme court [is authorized to] may adopt, amend, and repeal the rules of court, not inconsistent with the policies and objectives [set forth in] of this chapter[, regulating] to regulate all aspects of the selection and management of grand and trial jurors[, and] by setting forth policies, procedures, and forms for the selection and management of grand and trial jurors in [the] jury pools, [in] courtrooms, and [in] other appropriate circumstances in furtherance of the objectives of this chapter."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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