STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2825

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1939
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs, to
which was referred H.B. No. 1939, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KAHOOLAWE ISLAND RESERVE
     COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to enable the Kahoolawe
Island Reserve Commission to hire its own attorneys.

     The Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission testified in support
of the measure.

     Your Committee finds that exempting the Kahoolawe Island
Reserve Commission from the law that prohibits state agencies
from utilizing the legal services of any attorneys other than
those employed by the Attorney General will ensure that the
cleanup of Kahoolawe proceeds on schedule by enabling the
Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission to hire specialized, highly
technical, legal expertise beyond what the Attorney General may
be able to provide.

     Your Committee has amended the measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and

 
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purpose of H.B. No. 1939, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 1939, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Water, Land, and
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

 
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