STAND. COM. REP. NO. 60

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1002

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1002 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC INTEREST ATTORNEYS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to encourage and enable attorneys to practice law in the public interest by establishing a loan repayment program and special fund for licensed attorneys who practice public interest law in Hawaii.

The University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Life of the Land, Domestic Violence Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline, Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law Filipino Law Students Association, William S. Richardson Loan Assistance Repayment Program Committee, and many concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

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

 

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 H.B. No. 1002, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1002, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

 

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair