Report Title:

Claims against UH

Description:

Appropriates funds for the settlement of claims against the University of Hawaii.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

73

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to claims against the university of hawaii.

 

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

SECTION 1. The following sums of money are appropriated out of the general revenues of the state of Hawaii to the University of Hawaii's system-wide support budget program (UOH 900) 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:

Shyamal Premaratne, M.D. v. University of $78,265.00

Hawaii, et al., Civil No. CV01-00390 ACK/KSC, Settlement

United States District Court

Amount of Judgment: $75,000.00

Interest at 4% from 7/1/02: 3,265.00

Mary Shepard v. Anthony Wiggins, University $ 7,500.00

Of Hawaii, Civil No. 00-1-1116-04 RWP, Settlement

First Circuit Court

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the sums hereinabove appropriated as interest upon judgments or awards 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. All unexpended and unencumbered balances of appropriations made by section 1 of this Act as of the close of business on June 30, 2004, shall lapse into the general fund.

SECTION 4. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or entity or circumstances 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 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2003.

INTRODUCED BY:

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