STAND. COM. REP. NO.  786-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2231

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2231, 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 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 a new judgment against the State pursuant to Barnett v. State of Hawaii, et al., Civil No. 10-1-0236, Fifth Circuit, in the amount of $41,511.54 to be paid from the general fund;

     (2)  Adding a new judgment against the State pursuant to In the Matter of the Arbitration Between Hawaii State Teachers Association and Na Wai Ola (Waters of Life) Public Charter School, State of Hawaii, Grievance of Ginger Krauss, in the amount of $44,951.43 to be paid from the general fund;

     (3)  Adding a new settlement pursuant to Louis, et al. v. State of Hawaii, et al., Civil No. 05-1-0935-05, First Circuit, in the amount of $180,000 to be paid from the general fund;

     (4)  Adding a new claim against the State for Marie-Gertrude N. Leopoldo in the amount of $417 to be paid from the general fund;

     (5)  Adding a new settlement pursuant to Nakandakare, et al. v. State of Hawaii, et al., Civil No. 11-1-1740-08, First Circuit, in the amount of $32,500 to be paid from the Department of Transportation, Highways Division; and

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

     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. 2231, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2231, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair