Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2682 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to satisfy claims against the State.

Your Committee received testimony in strong support of this measure by the Attorney General.

Your Committee has amended this measure by incorporating new claims recommended by the Attorney General. Your Committee has also amended this measure by correcting a section reference in the bill.

The addition of these additional claims adds a total of $416,656.16 to the amount being appropriated by this bill. As amended, this bill now appropriates a total of $1,923,990.35.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2682, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2682, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.