The third of three concurrent investigations into alleged mismanagement at the state Bureau of Conveyances begins today with the opening hearing of a legislative joint investigative committee.

The bureau — which handles land and title documents — is already under investigation by the state Ethics Commission and the state attorney general. Some of the details of these investigations were shared with state senators during the Peter Young confirmation hearings and included accusations of bribery, preferential treatment and possible security breaches.
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In this case, the criminal and ethics investigators are already looking into potential document tampering, unexplained checks for bureau employees, improper placement of private computers within the public offices and preferential treatment for select title companies.

However, Sen. Jill Tokuda, co-chair of the investigative committee, said that the Legislature wanted to do a broad investigation into the bureau to cover the gaps left between the ethics and criminal investigations.