Report Title:

UH; Claims Settlement

 

Description:

Appropriates moneys for the payment of settlements of claims against the University for judgements and for other miscellaneous payments. (SB1209 HD1)

 

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1209

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AND PROVIDING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The following sums of money are appropriated out of the University of Hawaii commercial enterprises revolving fund for the purpose of satisfying claims for legislative relief as to the following named persons, firms, corporations, and entities, for claims against the University of Hawaii or its officers or employees for payments of judgments or settlements, or other liabilities, in the amount set forth opposite their names:

JUDGMENTS AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AMOUNT

AND SETTLEMENTS OF CLAIMS:

Matthew Fetui $25,000.00

Oskar Zaborsky v. University of Hawaii, et al. $150,000.00

Settlement

MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS:

Estimated expenditures for waste minimization $400,000.00

and pollution prevention as required by the

Department of Health and the Environmental

Protection Agency for improper storage and

disposal of hazardous materials

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GRAND TOTAL: $575,000.00

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the sums hereinabove appropriated as interest upon judgments against the University of Hawaii, 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 that statute applies.

SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2001.