STAND. COM. REP. NO. 947-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2961
                                     S.D. 2
                                     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 S.B. No. 2961, S.D. 2, 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, and employees.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
University of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that there is sufficient justification
for the payment of certain settlements and the miscellaneous
claim submitted in the proposed measure.  However, as your
Committee on Finance previously determined, the $800,000
estimated expenditure for waste minimization and pollution
prevention in effect appropriates funding for repair,
maintenance, and pollution prevention that would be within the
University of Hawaii's operating budget.

     Your Committee has amended this measure as follows: 


 
 
 
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     1)   By deleting the $800,000 appropriation for estimated
          expenditures for waste minimization and pollution
          prevention; and

     2)   Changing the description of the "cash payment to the
          Department of Health and the Environmental Protection
          Agency for improper storage and disposal of hazardous
          materials", to "In the Matter of the University of
          Hawaii at Manoa Docket No. 99-HW-EA-02", and moving
          that appropriation to the category of Judgments Against
          the University of Hawaii and Settlements of Claims,
          from the category of Miscellaneous Claims.

     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
purpose of S.B. No. 2961, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 2961, S.D. 2, 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