STAND. COM. REP. NO. 795

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 990
                                     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.
990, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR
     LEGAL SERVICES FOR DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS
     INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS REVIEW,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide emergency funding to
allow the Department of the Attorney General to continue its
legal representation in defending the Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands' (DHHL) interests in the review of individual claims
brought pursuant to chapter 674, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Your Committee has received a message from the Governor,
dated February 4, 1999:

     (1)  Stating that the funding is necessary for the four-
          month period remaining in fiscal year 1998-1999 for the
          Department of the Attorney General's legal
          representation of DHHL in defending the State's
          interest in resolving claims asserted by individual
          beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust; and

     (2)  Requesting immediate passage of this measure to ensure
          legal representation of DHHL.


 
 
 
 
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     DHHL, the Department of the Attorney General, the Nanakuli
Hawaiian Homestead Community Association, and the State Council
of Hawaiian Homestead Associations testified in support of this
measure.

     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.
990, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair