STAND. COM. REP. NO.  218-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2182

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2182 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ACCESS TO JUSTICE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase access to justice in Hawaii by establishing the Hawaii Justice League Program to provide loan repayment assistance to lawyers who pursue public interest work in Hawaii.

The Hawaii Access to Justice Commission, Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, William S. Richardson School of Law Student Bar Association, Filipino Law Students Association at the William S. Richardson School of Law, Students for Public Outreach and Civic Education, Hoala Aina Kupono, and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2525, to facilitate further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2182, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2182, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

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ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair