HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2073

THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 2021-2022 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.   AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION:

 

     Na Kia`i Kai v. Nakatani, et al.             $   132,611.78

     Civil No. 18-00005, USDC                         Settlement

                                                ______________

 

     SUBTOTAL:                                   $   132,611.78

2.   DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES:

 

     Kaupiko, et al. v. Department of Land        $   145,000.00
     and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii           Settlement      Civil No. 20—0000125; First Circuit

     Civil No. CAAP-21-0000374,
     Intermediate Court of Appeals

                                                ______________

    

     SUBTOTAL:                                   $   145,000.00

    

3.   DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY:

 

     Curt K.K. Tokunaga, et al. v. Dept.          $   150,000.00

     of Public Safety, State of Hawaii                Settlement

     Civil No. 18-1-0982-06, First Circuit

                                                ______________

    

     SUBTOTAL:                                   $   150,000.00

    

4.   STATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION:

 

     UPW on behalf of James Ah Sing v.            $   125,275.38

     Christina Kishimoto and Connections,             Judgment        A New Century Public Charter School 

     Case No. CE-01-539,

     Hawaii Labor Relations Board                ______________

    

     SUBTOTAL:                                   $   125,275.38

 

5.   MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS:

 

     Sang Chol Bang                              $        40.65

 

     Rodney Baculpo                              $     1,283.01

 

     Darlene Vicente fka Darlene Baculpo          $     1,283.00

 

     Princeville Hotel, LP                       $   383,119.65

                                                ______________

 

     SUBTOTAL:                                   $   385,726.31

 

     TOTAL (SECTION 1):                          $   938,613.47

 

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

PART II

     SECTION 2.  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 3.  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 the statute applies.

     SECTION 4.  All unexpended and unencumbered balances of the appropriations made in this Act as of the close of business on June 30, 2023, shall lapse.

     SECTION 5.  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, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.

     SECTION 6.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST

 

 

Report Title:

Claims Against the State

 

Description:

Makes appropriations and approves payments for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees.

 

 

 

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