STAND. COM. REP. NO.  702

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1001

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1001, H.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 bill is to appropriate funds to satisfy specified outstanding claims against the State, its officers, and employees for legislative relief, refunds, reimbursements, payments of judgments or other settlements, or other liabilities.

     The Department of the Attorney General supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Including appropriations totaling $391,227.57 in general funds to satisfy five additional claims resolved after the introduction of this measure;

     (2)  Increasing the settlement amount for a claim in the measure for which additional fees and costs were awarded; and

     (3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.

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

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair