STAND. COM. REP. NO. 920
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: H.B. No. 775
H.D. 2
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 775, H.D. 1, 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 Department of the Attorney General testified in support of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Adding eight additional claims against the State of Hawaii as follows:
(A) Bitanga v. State of Hawaii, Tort Claim, a settlement in the amount of $18,000;
(B) Cain, et al. v. State of Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science Charter School, Civil No. 11-00501, USDC, a settlement in the amount of $30,000;
(C) E.P., et al. v. State of Hawaii, et al., Civil No. 10-1-1357-06, First Circuit, a settlement in the amount of $40,000;
(D) Doe Parent, et al. v. State of Hawaii, et al., Civil No. 09-1-2773-11, First Circuit, a settlement in the amount of $20,000;
(E) Gilding v. State of Hawaii, Civil No. 08-1-1852-09, First Circuit, a settlement in the amount of $350,000;
(F) Gwen Kubo, a miscellaneous claim in the amount of $3,337.75;
(G) Callo, et al. v. State of Hawaii, Civil No. 05-19782, Second Circuit, and Douger, et al. v. State of Hawaii, Civil No. 05-18339, Second Circuit (consolidated cases), a settlement in the amount of $2,100,000; and
(H) Dela Cruz v. State of Hawaii, et al., Civil No. 06-1-0258, Third Circuit, a settlement in the amount of $35,000; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 775, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 775, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |