STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1142-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1187

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1187, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to propose an amendment to article V, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution to provide for the election of the Attorney General.

 

     IMUAlliance testified in support of this measure.  The League of Women Voters of Hawaii provided comments.

 

     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 S.B. No. 1187, S.D. 1, 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,

 

 

 

 

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair