STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2149

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 1277

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1277, S.D. 2, 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 and approve payments for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting four additional settled claims as provided by the Department of the Attorney General;

(2) Clarifying that certain judgments or settlements shall be paid from funds previously appropriated to and expended by the respective agency subject to the judgment or settlement;

(3) Including a necessary declaration of procedures for making an appropriation in excess of the general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2022-2023 pursuant to section 9 of article VII of the Hawaii State Constitution and sections 37-91 and 37-93, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(4) Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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 S.B. No. 1277, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1277, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair