STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1959-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2740

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2740, S.D. 1, 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 purpose of this measure is to satisfy several claims against the State, its officers, or its employees.

 

     The Department of the Attorney General provided comments on this measure.   

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Appropriating $20,212.30 in general funds for a settlement in the claim of Sandra Lee Atkinson, Civil No. 13-00663 LEK-KSC, USDC;

 

     (2)  Appropriating $45,000 out of the state highway fund for a settlement in the case of Amina v. State of Hawaii, et. al., Civil No. 16-1-1080-06, First Circuit;

 

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

     (4)  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. 2740, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2740, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair