Bill Text: HI SB2155 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Judiciary; Electronic Payment; Fees
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-03 - (H) Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 34 [SB2155 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2155-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2444
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2155
S.D. 1
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2010
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2155 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO JUDICIARY FEES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Judiciary to impose a convenience fee on the user of a credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment service and to pay those fees to the service provider.
Your Committee received comments in support of this measure from the Judiciary. The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.
Your Committee finds that services fees for credit card, debit card, and other electronic payments are currently paid from the Judiciary's operating costs. The ability to pay fines, fees, and court costs by electronic means is a convenience offered to people who use those services. Your Committee finds that this measure will allow the Judiciary to recover the cost of electronic payment services and relieve the Judiciary's operating funds of this financial burden.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2155, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2155, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair |
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