STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1024

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 477

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred S.B. No. 477 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RETENTION OF ATTORNEYS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the House of Representatives and the Senate, individually or jointly, are provided with legal representation from the Attorney General.

     Under this bill, the Attorney General shall retain a private attorney to provide legal representation to the House of Representatives or the Senate, or both, if the Attorney General declines to provide legal representation due to a conflict of interest.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 477 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA, Chair