Section 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.Amended by L 2015, c 35,§ 39, eff. 5/5/2015.L 1991, c 323, pt of §1; am L 1993, c 351, §3; am L Sp 1993, c 8, §53