STAND. COM. REP. NO.  727-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2182

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2182, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ACCESS TO JUSTICE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to create and fund the Hawaii Justice League Program to provide loan repayment assistance on behalf of eligible lawyers that pursue public interest work in Hawaii.

 

     The Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Students for Public Outreach & Civic Education, Filipino Law Students Association, Hoala Aina Kupono, William S. Richardson School of Law Student Bar Association, Molokai Community Service Council, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance and the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii commented on this measure.

 

     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. 2182, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair