STAND. COM. REP. NO. 598-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1940
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1940, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL LEGAL
     FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide an increase in the
allowable fees for court appointed attorneys for indigent
criminal defendants.

     The Judiciary supports the intent of this bill.  The
Department of Budget and Finance submitted comments on the bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Leaving the hourly rate blank for in-court and out-of-
          court work in section one; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the
          purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1940, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1940, H.D.
2.


 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair