STAND. COM. REP. NO.  68

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 681

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 681 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC INTEREST ATTORNEYS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to encourage and enable attorneys to serve the low-income community by establishing the University of Hawaii (UH) William S. Richardson School of Law Public Interest Law Loan Repayment Program for eligible, licensed attorneys who practice public interest law in Hawaii.

 

     The Department of the Attorney General, UH William S. Richardson School of Law, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Domestic Violence Clearinghouse Legal Hotline, and many concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amounts to $1 to encourage              further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity,      consistency, and style.


 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 681, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 681, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

 

 

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair