STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2855

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2410
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No.
2410, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE RELIEF OF CERTAIN
     PERSONS' CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE AND PROVIDING
     APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for
settlements and judgments of claims against the State.

     Your Committee received testimony in favor of this measure
from the Attorney General.

     The Attorney General noted that since the introduction of
the bill, six new claims have been resolved for an additional
$1,105,031.37, and the interest computed for the Naeole v.
D'Enbeau judgment in the amount of $1,900.00 should be deleted.
With these changes, the total general fund appropriation becomes
thirty claims that total $1,921,444.74.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Adding the six new claims recommended by the Attorney
          General;


 
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     (2)  Deleting the interest compounded for the Naeole v.
          D'Enbeau judgment;

     (3)  Making a technical correction with respect to the
          Taylor-Rice v. Leigh, et al. judgment.  The bill
          incorrectly added the amount of judgment
          ($1,592,213.10) and interest ($66,422.10) as equaling
          $658,635.20; the total judgment should instead be
          $1,658,635.20;

     (4)  Dividing the judgments and settlements by department,
          and adding subtotals, section totals, and a grand
          total; and

     (5)  Changing the effective date from upon approval to
          July 1, 2000.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2410, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2410, H.D.
1, 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,



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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