STAND. COM. REP. NO. 849

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1071
                                     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.
1071, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE INSURANCE CODE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to permit the Insurance
Commissioner to hire staff attorneys who are exempt from the
state civil service compensation laws. 

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs testified in
support of the bill.

     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.
1071, 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