Bill Text: HI SB2100 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Judiciary Package; District Judge ($)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-18 - Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cachola, Kawakami, Kong, Tokioka excused (4). [SB2100 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-SB2100-Amended.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2100 |
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
S.D. 2 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO DISTRICT JUDGES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 604-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§604-1 Judicial circuits; district judges; sessions. There shall be established in each of the judicial circuits of the State a district court with the powers and under the conditions herein set forth, which shall be styled as follows:
(1) For the First Judicial Circuit: The District Court of the First Circuit.
(2) For the Second Judicial Circuit: The District Court of the Second Circuit.
(3) For the Third Judicial Circuit: The District Court of the Third Circuit.
(4) For the Fifth Judicial Circuit: The District Court of the Fifth Circuit.
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.
The district courts shall hold sessions at such places in their respective circuits and as often as the respective district judges deem essential to the promotion of justice."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2016.
Report Title:
Judiciary Package; District Judge
Description:
Increases the number of district judges in the second judicial circuit by one. (SD2)
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