STAND. COM. REP. NO.753
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 1351
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1351 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to give the Attorney General (AG) flexibility in hiring private counsel for claims against the State that may impose substantial financial hardship or liability to the State by establishing an Impact Litigation unit within the Department of the AG.
The AG testified in opposition of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Adding an appropriation section, with the amount of $1 to facilitate further discussion, and designating the AG as the expending agency;
(2) Amending the effective date to July 1, 2001; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
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. 1351, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1351, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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