Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2359 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to satisfy claims against the State for tax refunds, judgments, settlements, and miscellaneous claims.

The Department of the Attorney General testified in support of this bill, suggesting technical amendments.

This bill contains 29 claims totaling $6,399,988.10.

Your Committee believes the amendments suggested by the Attorney General can be adequately addressed in subsequent drafts of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2359 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.