STAND. COM. REP. NO.  185

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1082

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Intrastate Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1082 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase the efficiency, effectiveness, and capacity of the Division of Financial Institutions (DFI) of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs by allowing the DFI to hire or retain attorneys for other purposes rather than solely for actions involving the Mortgage Loan Recovery Fund.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2099, to promote further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Intrastate Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1082, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1082, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Labor & Public Employment.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Intrastate Commerce,

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TAKASHI OHNO, Chair