CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 161

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1072

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam and Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1072, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation of an unspecified amount for fiscal year 2014-2015 to the Department of the Attorney General for expenses related to major litigation involving the State.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the Department of the Attorney General anticipates incurring several major litigation expenses for the retention of expert witnesses and specialized legal counsel.  This measure will supplement the normal annual litigation budget used by the Department of the Attorney General to fund litigation expenses.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by inserting an amount of $1,000,000 as an emergency appropriation to the Department of the Attorney General for expenses related to major litigation involving the State.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1072, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1072, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

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KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair

 

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair

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SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Co-Chair