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HI SB872
Bill
AI Summary
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Allows the State Ethics Commission to employ or retain its own attorneys, adding it to the list of state entities exempted from the requirement that the attorney general provide legal representation.
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Adds the State Ethics Commission to the exception list in section 28-8.3(a) of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, enabling it to hire attorneys for litigation, legal counsel, and document drafting without attorney general involvement.
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Includes the State Ethics Commission in the exemption list under section 28-8.3(c), so attorneys employed by the Commission do not need to be deputy attorneys general.
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Takes effect on January 7, 2059.
Legislative Description
Relating To Ethics.
State Ethics Commission
Last Action
Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Har, Ichiyama, C. Lee, Thielen excused (6).
3/24/2017