STAND. COM. REP. NO. 812

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 248
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
248 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the Attorney
General may provide legal representation to the University of
Hawaii (UH).

     The University of Hawaii commented on this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill to further clarify that
the UH Board of Regents may request and secure legal services
from the Attorney General upon mutual agreement.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
248, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading
in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 248, H.D. 1.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair