STAND. COM. REP. NO.  101-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2231

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2231 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, its officers, or its employees for the overpayment of taxes, or for refunds, reimbursements, payments of judgments or settlements, or other liabilities.

The Department of the Attorney General testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Adding one new claim against the State for Yoshikatsu Asano in the amount of $1,939 to be paid from the general fund; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 2231, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2231, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair