STAND. COM. REP. NO. 166

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 162
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was
referred H.B. No. 162 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SERVICE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify the scope of subpoena
powers of state and county legislative bodies by removing
obsolete loyalty oath references, which were found in repealed
Chapter 85, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS).

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the Maui
County Council.

     Your Committee finds that the law only gives state and
county legislative bodies subpoena authority over Executive
Branch officials who have taken a loyalty oath.  Since the
loyalty oath requirement, as found in what was Chapter 85, HRS,
was repealed several years ago, this subpoena authority no longer
has any legal effect.

     Without the ability to require the presence of Executive
Branch officials, no state or county legislative body can be
expected to perform their appropriate policymaking role.  As a
result, your Committee finds that this measure is necessary to
preserve the integrity of state and county legislative bodies in
Hawaii.


 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 162 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Legislative
                                   Management,



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                                   EZRA KANOHO, Chair