STAND. COM. REP. NO. 920

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1039

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1039 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 and intent of this measure is to make appropriations and approve payments for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General.

Your Committee finds that this measure serves as the vehicle by which payments of claims against the State are authorized and funded by an appropriation of general and special funds, and that timely passage of this measure will minimize the State's obligation to pay interest that accrues on claim amounts.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1039, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1039, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair