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HI HB512
Bill
Status
1/23/2017
Primary Sponsor
Scott Nishimoto
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AI Summary
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Adds the state ethics commission to the list of state agencies specifically authorized by statute to employ or retain attorneys under Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 28-8.3(a).
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Clarifies that full-time attorneys employed by the state ethics commission are not required to be deputy attorneys general, exempting the commission from that requirement in Section 28-8.3(c).
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Memorializes the long-standing practice of the state ethics commission hiring its own attorneys, which was inadvertently omitted from the original statutory authorization.
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Takes effect on July 1, 2050.
Legislative Description
Relating To Ethics.
State Ethics Commission
Last Action
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Tokioka excused (2).
2/17/2017