§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 103D-209(b), 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]