Bill Text: HI HB942 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Making Appropriations For Claims Against The State, Its Officers, Or Its Employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-12 - Act 099, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1200). [HB942 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-HB942-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
PART
I
SECTION
1. The following sums or so much thereof
as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 are appropriated out of the
general revenues of the State of Hawaii to the department of the attorney
general for the purpose of satisfying claims for legislative relief as to the
following named persons, firms, corporations, and entities, for 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, in the amounts set forth opposite their names:
JUDGMENTS AGAINST THE STATE AMOUNT
AND
SETTLEMENTS OF CLAIMS:
1. DEPARTMENT OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Aloha Pregnancy Care
and Counseling $ 20,344.50
Center, Inc. v.
Suzuki, et al. Settlement
Civil No. 17-00343,
USDC
Calvary
Chapel Pearl Harbor, d/b/a $ 40,000.00
A Place for Women in
Waipio, et al. Settlement
v. Suzuki, et al.
Civil No. 17-00326,
USDC
2. DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION:
Miller-Potter v. State
of Hawaii, et al. $ 75,000.00
Civil No. 16-1-0385K,
Third Circuit Settlement
3. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH:
Kawamoto, et al. v.
Ige, et al. $ 27,500.00
Civil No. 16-00362,
USDC Settlement
4. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
SERVICES:
Doe 1, John, et al. v.
Department of $ 585,000.00
Human Services, et al. Settlement
Civil No.
14-1-0554(2), Second Circuit
Kawamoto, et al. v.
Ige, et al. $ 27,500.00
Civil No. 16-00362,
USDC Settlement
5. DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND
NATURAL RESOURCES:
Boucher v. Vitousek,
et al. $ 70,000.00
Civil No. 16-1-155K,
Third Circuit Settlement
Umberger, et al. v.
Department of Land $ 160,645.29
and Natural Resources,
State of Hawaii Settlement
Civil No.
12-1-2625-10, First Circuit
6. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY:
Fraser v. Lingle, et
al. $ 25,000.00
Civil No.
08-1-0709(1), Second Circuit Settlement
Luong v. Sequeira, et
al. $ 27,500.00
Civil No. 16-00613,
USDC Settlement
Johnson
v. Department of Public Safety, $ 18,000.00
et al. Settlement
Civil No.
15-1-0609-04, First Circuit
7. MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS:
Shim Ching $ 40,600.00
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SUBTOTAL $ 1,117,089.79
TOTAL (SECTION 1) $ 1,117,089.79
The
sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of the attorney general
for the purposes of this Act.
PART
II
SECTION
2. The following sums or so much thereof
as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 are appropriated out of the state
highway fund for the purpose of satisfying claims for legislative relief as to
the following named persons, for claims against the State 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 STATE AMOUNT
AND
SETTLEMENTS OF CLAIMS:
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAYS DIVISION:
1. Bowles
v. Hawaiian Electric Company, et al. $ 12,166.45
Civil No. 17-1-0259-02
VLC, First Circuit Settlement
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SUBTOTAL $ 12,166.45
TOTAL (SECTION 2) $ 12,166.45
The
sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of transportation,
highways division, for the purposes of this Act.
PART
III
SECTION
3. The sums hereinabove may be paid to
the respective persons, or for the satisfaction or settlement of the
respectively identified cases, and in several amounts hereinabove set forth or
in lesser amounts deemed appropriate, upon checks issued by the comptroller;
provided departments shall obtain the approval of the attorney general before
payment of any claim can be made.
SECTION
4. Notwithstanding the sums hereinabove
stated as interest upon judgments against the State, 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 the statute applies.
SECTION
5. All unexpended and unencumbered
balances of the appropriations made in this Act as of the close of business on
June 30, 2020, shall lapse.
SECTION
6. If any provision of this Act, or the
application thereof to any person or circumstance 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
7. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Report Title:
Claims Against the State
Description:
Makes appropriations for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees. (HB942 HD1)
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