HCR 195 Summary

• Office of the Administrative Director of the Courts is requested to collect and compile data on fees, court costs, fines, and restitution assessed in cases against minors in Hawaii.

• Data collection must include total and annual average amounts of fees, court costs, fines, and restitution that are assessed, collected, waived, and outstanding over the last five years.

• Data must also include descriptions of each fee, court cost, or fine that can be assessed in cases against minors by circuit, family, and district courts in each judicial district, along with their respective amounts.

• Office of the Administrative Director of the Courts must submit a report with findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2024 Regular Session.

• Certified copies of the resolution are to be transmitted to the Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court and Administrative Director of the Courts.