Bill Text: HI SB485 | 2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Judges For The District Court Of The First Circuit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-03-17 - Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). [SB485 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2023-SB485-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO JUDGES FOR THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT.
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 judges, who shall be styled
as first, second, and third 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. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Judiciary Package; District Court Judges; First Circuit
Description:
Establishes
1 additional district court judgeship in the First Circuit. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
