STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1188

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1010

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1010, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to allow persons who are not licensed or authorized to practice law in Hawaii to provide legal services in the State in certain circumstances.

 

     More specifically, this measure:

 

     (1)  Allows an attorney who is not licensed or authorized to practice law in the State, but who is licensed and authorized to practice in another United States jurisdiction, to provide legal services on a temporary basis in Hawaii if the attorney provides services in association with or assists a Hawaii licensed attorney or as in-house counsel to an organization in another jurisdiction or to an affiliated entity or employee of that organization in Hawaii; and

 

     (2)  Requires the clerk of the Supreme Court to maintain a registry of all attorneys who are not licensed or authorized to practice law in the State, but who provide services for a matter that is not being litigated in any court of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Judiciary.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from Catholic Charities Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to March 15, 2038, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1010, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1010, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

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

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair