STAND. COM. REP. NO. 765-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1939
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1939 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KAHOOLAWE ISLAND RESERVE
     COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that the cleanup of
Kahoolawe proceeds on schedule by enabling the Kahoolawe Island
Reserve Commission (Commission) to hire specialized, highly
technical, legal expertise beyond what the Attorney General's
Office is expected to provide.

     This bill exempts the Commission from the prohibition
against the employment or retention of attorneys by any
department other than the Attorney General.

     The Commission testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill to correct technical
drafting errors.

     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.
1939, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1939, 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