STAND. COM. REP. NO.  393

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 775

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 775 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 or its officers or employees for the overpayment of taxes, or for refunds, reimbursements, payments of judgments or settlements, or other liabilities.

The Department of the Attorney General submitted testimony in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Appropriating funds for three additional claims against the State of Hawaii resolved subsequent to this bill's introduction as follows:

          (A)  A settlement amount of $30,000.00 in the case of Macy-McCrea v. State of Hawaii, et al., Civil No. 10-1-0466-03, First Circuit, to be paid out of the general fund;

          (B)  A settlement amount of $23,396.66 in the case of Manigo-Brown v. State of Hawaii, et al., Civil No. 11-1-1901-08, First Circuit, to be paid out of the general fund; and

          (C)  A settlement amount of $3,300,000.00 in the case of Mark H., et al. v. Hamamoto, et al., Civil No. 00-00282 LEK-RLP, USDC, to be paid out of the general fund,

          bringing the total appropriation amount to $4,851,267.58 for claims against the state; 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. 775, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 775, 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