STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1372

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 775

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 775, 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 and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees for fiscal year 2012-2013.

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

     Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from one individual.

     Your Committee finds that this measure is necessary to fund the disposition of claims against the State, its officers, and its employees that were resolved by settlement, mediation, arbitration, or judgment.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adding three new claims to the measure as follows:

     (1)  Jackson v. State of Hawaii, et al., for $250,000;

     (2)  Chang v. State of Hawaii, et al., for $15,000; and

     (3)  Eager v. State of Hawaii, et al., for $291,078.

     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. 775, 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. 775, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair