§674-5 Panel staff; power to contract. (a) Supervisory, administrative, investigatory, hearings, and clerical personnel necessary for the efficient functioning of the panel shall be appointed by the panel and the director of commerce and consumer affairs on a temporary exempt basis. There shall be a special assistant to the chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission, to be hired by the commission, for the purposes of this chapter.
(b) Upon application by a claimant, the panel, under appropriate circumstances and in accordance with section 28-8.3, may provide for legal services to assist a claimant in the preparation and presentation of a claim for review by the panel under this chapter.
(c) The panel shall have the power to make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and functions under this chapter. [L 1991, c 323, pt of §1; am L 1993, c 351, §3; am L Sp 1993, c 8, §53; am L 2015, c 35, §39]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 36. Civil Remedies and Defenses and Special Proceedings
674. Individual Claims Resolution Under the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust
674-3 Establishment of the board of individual claims resolution.
674-4 Tenure and compensation of members.
674-5 Panel staff; power to contract.
674-7 Review by panel required.
674-8 Powers and procedures of the panel.
674-9 Panel hearing or review proceedings; fact-finding; evidence.
674-10 Findings and advisory opinion.
674-11 Subsequent litigation; excluded evidence.
674-12 Immunity of panel members from liability.
674-15 Limitations upon award of compensation or corrective action.
674-15.5 Preclusion of title-related claims.
674-17 Right to sue, individual claims.