STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1326

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 948

      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 Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 948, H.D. 1, 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 Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) Division of Financial Institutions (Division) by allowing the Division to employ or retain attorneys without limiting their authority to only actions involving the Mortgage Loan Recovery Fund.

DCCA testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 948, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair