STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1064

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1016

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 1016, H.D. 2, 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 to satisfy claims against the State for judgments, settlements, and miscellaneous payments.

 

     Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Adding claims for judgments and settlements, as recommended by the Department of the Attorney General; and

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050 to ensure this measure remains available to accommodate additional claims if necessary in this legislative session.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1016, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1016, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,

 

 

 

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair