STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1016-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2073

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2073 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 satisfy several claims against the State, its officers, or its employees.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General, Department of Budget and Finance, and Earthjustice.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Correcting the amount of an existing claim;

(2) Adding a new resolved claim, as provided in the testimony from the Department of the Attorney General; and

(3) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of 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. 2073, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2073, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair