STAND. COM. REP. NO. 42-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1939
                                     



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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, 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 exempt the Kahoolawe Island
Reserve Commission from the prohibition against the employment or
retention of attorneys by any department other than the attorney
general. 

     Testimony in support of this bill was provided by the
Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 1939 and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,


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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair