STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1277
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2017
RE: S.B. No. 872
S.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 Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 872, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ETHICS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) The State Ethics Commission (Commission) can employ or retain its own attorneys; and
(2) The Commission's attorneys are not deputy attorneys general.
The Commission and an individual testified in support of this measure.
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. 872, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair |
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