STAND. COM. REP. NO. 705

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1277

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1277, S.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 and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to satisfy claims against the State or its officers or employees for the overpayment of taxes, or for refunds, reimbursements, payments of judgments or settlements, or other liabilities.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Department of the Attorney General, and Department of Transportation.

 

     Your Committee finds that the State has a responsibility to promptly satisfy all claims against the State upon the resolution of those claims and that timely passage of this measure will help to minimize the State's obligation to pay interest that accrues on the claim amounts.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Including, at the request of the Department of the Attorney General, one additional claim that has been resolved and two miscellaneous claims for the reissuance of outdated checks that were misplaced or lost and for which a claim has been filed with the Attorney General in compliance with section 37-77, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

 

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

 

(3)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1277, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1277, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair