STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1687

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1231

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1231, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

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

     The Department of the Attorney General submitted comments in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Appropriating additional funds for two new claims that         have been resolved, totaling $301,360.00;

(2)  Increasing the amount of one claim to reflect additional fees, costs, and interest;

(3)  Decreasing the amount of one claim to reflect partial payment of the claim from available federal funds; and

(4)  Changing the effective date of the measure from "upon its approval" to "July 1, 2007."

     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 H.B. No. 1231, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1231, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair