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Committee presses administration on settlement transparency; adopts Attorney General amendments
Summary
Senators questioned the administration about inclusion of legislators during negotiations on a large global settlement and how Hawaii Electric Company would cover its share; the committee voted to reconsider prior action and passed the Attorney General's suggested amendments removing specified language.
The Senate Committee on Ways and Means pressed the administration on transparency around a large global settlement and voted to adopt amendments suggested by the Attorney General that remove language from pages 7, lines 3–17 of the bill.
Committee members and representatives from the governor's office debated whether legislative members had been included or kept informed during settlement negotiations. Will King, representing the governor's office, told the committee: "My understanding, and again, I would defer to the AG for the actual legal,…
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