Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1969 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow the Board of Education (BOE) to employ attorneys to support the legal interests of the Department of Education.

BOE testified in support of this bill. The Hawaii State Public Library System supported the intent of this measure. The Department of the Attorney General opposed this 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. 1969 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.