Bill Text: HI SB187 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To District Court Judges.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-15 - Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 901). [SB187 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-SB187-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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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] fifteen
judges, who shall be styled as first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, [and]
fourteenth, and fifteenth 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. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $96,636 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and the sum of $193,272 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for the establishment of one full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) fifteenth judgeship in the district court of the first circuit.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the judiciary for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $96,636 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and the sum of $193,272 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for the establishment of one full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) fourth judgeship in the district court of the second circuit.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the judiciary for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Judiciary Package; District Court Judges; First Circuit; Second Circuit; Appropriation
Description:
Establishes one additional district court judgeship in the First Circuit and in the Second Circuit. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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