STAND. COM. REP. NO.  722-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2391

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2391 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize deputy attorneys general, except for the first deputy, to provide pro bono legal services that do not conflict with the duties of the deputy's office.

     The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii and Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii testified in support of this bill.  The Attorney General opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2391, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2391, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair