CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 131-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

RE:    S.B. No. 2246

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2246, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to make an appropriation to satisfy several claims against the State, its officers, or its employees, including claims for legislative relief, judgments against the State, settlements, and other miscellaneous claims.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that this measure requests a total of $1,689,802.03 in appropriations from the general fund to satisfy nineteen claims against the State and a total of $822,500 in appropriations from the state highway fund to satisfy four claims against the State.  The grand total for the twenty-three claims settled in this measure as received by your Committee is $2,512,302.03.  Timely passage of this measure will minimize the State's obligation to pay interest on those amounts.

     Your Committee on Conference notes that since this measure was last amended, nine additional claims have been resolved.  These nine claims require a total of $464,324 in appropriations from the general fund.

     Accordingly, your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by adding general fund appropriations for nine additional claims totaling $464,324 to this measure, as requested by the Department of the Attorney General, which increases the grand total amount of appropriations in this measure to $2,976,626.03 in order to satisfy a total of thirty-two claims against the State, its officers, or its employees.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2246, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2246, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ SHARON E. HAR, Co-Chair	____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair
____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair	____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair