STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1247

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 942

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 942, 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 for the payment of claims against the State, its officers, or its employees.

Your Committee on Finance finds that the timely passage of this measure will minimize the State's obligation to pay interest on those amounts.

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

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Appropriating $2,466.84 in general funds for a settlement in the claim of Asset Mortgage of Hawaii LLC c/o Sandy Knapp;

(2) Providing that the claims to be paid from general funds in this measure shall be paid from funds appropriated to the respective department or agency in section 3 of Act 49, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, as amended by section 3 of Act 53, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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. 942, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 942, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair