STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1555-14
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2014
RE: S.B. No. 2246
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2014
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2246, S.D. 2, 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 provided comments on this measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Adding a new judgment against the State pursuant to In the Matter of the Application of Honolulu Construction and Draying Company, Limited v. State of Hawaii, et al., Land Court Application No. 787, Hawaii Supreme Court No. SCWC-30484, in the amount of $165,929.42, to be paid from the general fund;
(2) Adding a new settlement pursuant to Garner, et al. v. State of Hawaii, et al., Civil No. 03-1-000305, First Circuit, in the amount of $132,819.00, to be paid from the general fund;
(3) Adding a new settlement pursuant to Javier, et al. v. State of Hawaii, et al., Civil No. 07-1-0160(1), Second Circuit, in the amount of $124,169.60, to be paid from the general fund;
(4) Adding a new judgment against the State pursuant to Oahu Publications, Inc., dba Honolulu Star-Advertiser v. Abercrombie, Civil No. 11-1-1871-08 KKS, First Circuit, in the amount of $70,272.66, to be paid from the general fund;
(5) Adding a new settlement pursuant to Shaya, et al., v. Franco, et al., Civil No. 11-1-0551, Second Circuit, in the amount of $700,000, to be paid from the State Highway Fund; and
(6) 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 S.B. No. 2246, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2246, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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