STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2801

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3041

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3041, 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 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, Department of Education, and Earthjustice.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and one individual.

Your Committee notes that the following updated settlement amounts have been provided through written comments on the measure:

(1) In Part III of the measure, the $145,000.00 settlement in the case of Kaupiko et al. v. Department of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii, should include an additional $736.28; and

(2) Since the introduction of the measure, a settlement in the amount of $550,000.00 was reached in the case of HELG Administrative Services, LLC, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Daisy L. Kasitati, deceased, et al. v. Department of Public Safety.

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 amounts appropriated to unspecified amounts; and

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

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. 3041, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3041, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair