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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  This Act is recommended by the Governor for
 
 2 immediate passage in accordance with Section 9 of Article VII of
 
 3 the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
 
 4      SECTION 2.  Act 328, Session Laws of Hawaii 1997, as amended
 
 5 by Act 116, Session Laws of Hawaii 1998, appropriated a certain
 
 6 designated sum to the Department of Budget and Finance (DB&F) to
 
 7 provide funds for the payment of claims as set forth in Chapter
 
 8 802-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the fiscal year beginning
 
 9 July 1, 1998 and ending June 30, 1999.
 
10      The court appointed counsel expenses will expend all
 
11 appropriated funds before the end of the fiscal year and will be
 
12 unable to meet its fiscal obligation to satisfy claims filed
 
13 against it by the courts.
 
14      The purpose of this Act is to appropriate additional moneys
 
15 to satisfy claims certified by the courts and paid by the DB&F.
 
16      SECTION 3.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
17 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $_________, or so much
 
18 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1998-99, to be used
 
19 for the payment of court appointed counsel.
 

 
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 1      SECTION 4.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 
 2 DB&F for the purposes of this Act.
 
 3      SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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 5                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________
 

 
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