REPORT TITLE:
Special Counsel, DOE


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates $1,800,000 for special counsel for the schools for
Felix-Waihee consent decree lawsuits.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                             
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           1486
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                     
STATE OF HAWAII                                                 
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO LEGAL REPRESENTATIONS FOR FELIX-WAIHEE CONSENT DECREE
   LAWSUITS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
 2 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $1,800,000, or so much
 
 3 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, for
 
 4 obtaining special expertise in the handling of the Felix-Waihee
 
 5 consent decree lawsuits by hiring special legal representation
 
 6 for the schools.
 
 7      SECTION 2.  Section 28-8.3, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
 
 8 notwithstanding, the department of education shall have the
 
 9 authority to hire temporary special legal representation for the
 
10 purposes of this Act.
 
11      SECTION 3.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 
12 department of education for the purposes of this Act.
 
13      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
 
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15                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________