STAND. COM. REP. NO.  199-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2620
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2620 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE RELIEF OF CERTAIN
     PERSONS' CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AND
     PROVIDING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the
payment of judgments against, and settlements entered into by,
the University of Hawaii for the satisfaction of claims against
the University of Hawaii, its officers, or employees.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
University of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that there is sufficient justification
for the payment of the settlements and miscellaneous claim
submitted in the proposed measure.  However, with respect to the
settlement concerning hazardous waste violations of In the Matter
of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Docket No. 99-HW-EA-02,
your Committee is concerned that the settlement amount will in
part be paid to another state agency, i.e., the Department of
Health.  Accordingly, your Committee has recommended that only $1
be appropriated for this settlement at this time.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and

 
 
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purpose of H.B. No. 2620, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2620, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair