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HI HB512

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/23/2017

Primary Sponsor

Scott Nishimoto

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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).

  • 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).

  • Memorializes the long-standing practice of the state ethics commission hiring its own attorneys, which was inadvertently omitted from the original statutory authorization.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Finance2/17/2017
Judiciary1/25/2017

Full Bill Text

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