THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2740

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

PART I

     SECTION 1.  The following sums or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2017-2018 are appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii to the department of the attorney general for the purpose of satisfying claims for legislative relief as to the following named persons, firms, corporations, and entities, for 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, in the amounts set forth opposite their names:

JUDGMENTS AGAINST THE STATE                           AMOUNT

AND SETTLEMENTS OF CLAIMS:

 

1.   DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES:

 

     Carrancho, et al. v. City and County of      $    52,500.00

Honolulu, et al., Civil No. 16-1-0246-02,        Settlement

     First Circuit

2.   DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION:

 

     Clark, et al. v. Department of Education,    $    35,000.00

     et al., Civil No. 15-1-2486-12,                  Settlement

     First Circuit

 

3.   DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS:

 

     Arthur, et al. v. State of Hawaii, et al.    $   200,000.00

     Civil No. 05-1-1981-11, First Circuit            Settlement

 

4.   DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH:

 

     Johnson v. Rainbow Rehabilitation Services,  $ 1,601,536.97

     Inc., et al., Civil No. 07-1-1855-10,              Judgment

First Circuit

 

5.   DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES:

 

     Ah Chong, et al. v. McManaman               $   850,000.00

     Civil No. 13-00663 LEK-KSC, USDC                 Settlement

 

     Kalili v. Department of Human Services,      $   115,000.00

     et al., Civil No. 13-1-0171, Third Circuit       Settlement

 

     Lahti, et al. v. State of Hawaii, et al.     $   500,000.00

     Civil No. 08-1-0132(3), Second Circuit           Settlement

 

     Sheehey, et al. v. State of Hawaii           $ 2,341,103.10

     Civil No. 14-1-1709-08 VLC, First Circuit        Settlement

 

6.   DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES:

 

     Claim of Sandra Lee Atkinson                $    20,212.30

     Civil No. 13-00663 LEK-KSC, USDC                 Settlement

 

7.   DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY:

 

     Hopfe v. State of Hawaii, et al.             $    20,000.00

     Civil No. 16-1-0645-04, First Circuit            Settlement

     Smith v. State of Hawaii, et al.             $    50,000.00

     Civil No. 14-00432 LEK-KSC, USDC                 Settlement

 

8.   HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM:

 

     Woolpert v. State of Hawaii, et al.          $   155,000.00

     Civil No. 15-1-0923-05, First Circuit            Settlement

                                                ______________

 

     SUBTOTAL:                                   $ 5,940,352.37

 

     TOTAL (Section 1):                          $ 5,940,352.37

 

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of the attorney general for the purposes of this Act.

PART II

     SECTION 2.  The following sums or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2017-2018 are appropriated out of the state highway fund for the purpose of satisfying claims for legislative relief as to the following named persons, for claims against the State or its officers or employees for payments of judgments or settlements, or other liabilities, in the amount set forth opposite their names:

JUDGMENTS AGAINST THE STATE                           AMOUNT

AND SETTLEMENTS OF CLAIMS:

 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAYS DIVISION:

 

     Van Vleet v. Costales, et al.               $    70,000.00

     Civil No. 17-1-0951-06, First Circuit            Settlement

     Claim of Garrison Property and Casualty      $    19,312.84

     Insurance Company USAA                          Settlement

 

     Imada v. State of Hawaii, et al.

     Civil No. 14-1-0401K, Third Circuit

          and

     Ocampo v. State of Hawaii, et al.            $ 1,300,000.00

     Civil No. 16-1-234K, Third Circuit               Settlement

 

     Amina v. State of Hawaii, et. al.            $    45,000.00

     Civil No. 16-1-1080-06, First Circuit            Settlement

                                                ______________

 

     SUBTOTAL:                                   $ 1,434,312.84

 

     TOTAL (Section 2):                          $ 1,434,312.84

 

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of transportation, highways division, for the purposes of this Act.

PART III

     SECTION 3.  The sums hereinabove may be paid to the respective persons, or for the satisfaction or settlement of the respectively identified cases, and in several amounts hereinabove set forth or in lesser amounts deemed appropriate, upon checks issued by the comptroller; provided that departments shall obtain the approval of the attorney general before payment of any claim can be made.

     SECTION 4.  Notwithstanding the sums hereinabove stated as interest upon judgments against the State, payment of interest shall be limited to the period from the date of judgment, if applicable, to thirty days after the effective date of this Act, as provided in section 662-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for those cases to which that section applies.

     SECTION 5.  All unexpended and unencumbered balances of the appropriations made in this Act as of the close of business on June 30, 2019, shall lapse.

     SECTION 6.  If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the Act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.

     SECTION 7.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2030.

 

 

Report Title:

Claims Against the State; Appropriation

 

Description:

Appropriates funds to satisfy several claims against the State, its officers, or its employees.  (SB2740 HD2)

 

 

 

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