STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1174

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1181
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred
S.B. No. 1181, S.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR THE
     UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the University
of Hawaii may seek legal counsel from the Department of the
Attorney General upon mutual agreement.

     The University of Hawaii (UH) testified in support of the
bill.  The Attorney General (AG) commented on the bill. 

     Your Committee finds that the Legislature never intended to
prohibit the Department of the Attorney General from rendering
legal services to UH.  Your Committee further finds that this
bill clarifies that UH may request and receive, upon mutual
agreement, legal services from the AG.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Providing that UH may seek legislative appropriations
          for judgments or settlements, just as the AG may do for
          the rest of the State; and

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

 
 
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     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 S.B.
No. 1181, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1181, S.D.
2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   DAVID MORIHARA, Chair