STAND. COM. REP. NO. 908

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1001

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 1001, H.D. 2, 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 and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to satisfy claims against the State or its officers or employees for the overpayment of taxes, for refunds, reimbursements, payments of judgments or settlements, or for other liabilities.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General.

     Your Committee finds that this measure is necessary to satisfy all claims against the State, its officers, or its employees.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Adding an additional claim for a settlement that was recently resolved relating to the Department of Transportation, Highways Division, to be appropriated from Department funds, as recommended by the Department of the Attorney General; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1001, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1001, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair