STAND. COM. REP. NO. 804

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1010

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1010, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to permit deputy attorneys general to provide pro bono legal services, at the discretion of the Attorney General.

     One individual submitted written comments in support of this measure.

     Your Committee finds that rule 6.1 of the Hawaii Rules of Professional Conduct encourages all attorneys to provide at least fifty hours of pro bono services per year.  This measure allows deputy attorneys general, other than the first deputy attorney general, to provide pro bono services as determined appropriate by the Attorney General, without fear of civil liability for their acts or omissions.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1010, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair