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:
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 |
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