REPORT TITLE:
Attorney General


DESCRIPTION:
Places a ceiling on fees paid to attorneys retained by the
attorney general through contingency fee arrangements.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           490
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 28-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(b)  The attorney general may appoint and, by contract,
 
 4 retain the services of special deputies to perform such duties
 
 5 and exercise such powers as the attorney general may specify in
 
 6 their several appointments.  The special deputies shall serve at
 
 7 the pleasure of the attorney general.  At the option of the
 
 8 attorney general, special deputies may be compensated on a
 
 9 fixed-price basis, an hourly rate basis, with or without a fixed
 
10 cap, or, if a special deputy has been appointed to represent the
 
11 State in an action by the State pursuant to section 661-10,
 
12 through a contingent fee arrangement to be specified in the
 
13 contract and payable out of all sums the special deputy recovers
 
14 for the State by judgment, order, or settlement[.]; provided that
 
15 for any contingent fee arrangement, the attorney general shall
 
16 place a fixed cap on the total compensation payable to the
 
17 special deputy."
 
18      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
19 New statutory material is underscored.
 

 
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 1      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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 3                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________