STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1360-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2740

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2740, S.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 several claims against the State, its officers, or its employees.

The Department of the Attorney General and an individual provided comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Appropriating:

(A) $52,500 for a settlement in the case of Carrancho, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, et al., Civil No. 16-1-0246-02, First Circuit;

(B) $1,601,536.97 for a judgment in the case of Johnson v. Rainbow Rehabilitation Services, Inc., et al., Civil No. 07-1-1855-10, First Circuit;

(D) $2,341,103.10 for a settlement in the case of Sheehey, et al. v. State of Hawaii, Civil No. 14-1-1709-08 VLC, First Circuit; and

(E) $155,000 for a settlement in the case of Woolpert v. State of Hawaii, et al., Civil No. 15-1-0923-05, First Circuit;

(2) Changing the appropriation amount for the settlement in the case of Lahti, et al. v. State of Hawaii, et al., Civil No. 08-1-0132(3), Second Circuit, from $450,000 to $500,000, to accurately reflect the settlement amount; and

(3) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment 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 S.B. No. 2740, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2740, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair