SB 2844 Summary

• Appropriates $162,080.26 from general revenues to the Department of Attorney General for miscellaneous claims and judgments against the State, including overpayment of taxes and refunds to 17 named individuals and entities for fiscal year 2019-2020.

• Appropriates $950,000 from the State Highway Fund to the Department of Transportation for settlements in two cases: Hayselden v. State of Hawaii ($300,000) and Vares v. State of Hawaii ($650,000).

• Approves payments totaling $130,000 to settle Zhang v. State of Hawaii claim against the Department of Education from existing fiscal year 2019-2020 budget allocations.

• Approves additional Department of Education, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Public Safety, Hawaii Community Development Authority, Hawaii State Public Library System, and State Public Charter School Commission settlement and judgment payments totaling approximately $618,184.44 from existing budget allocations.

• Limits interest payments on judgments to the period from judgment date to 30 days after the Act's effective date; appropriations lapse on June 30, 2021, and the Act takes effect retroactively to June 30, 2020.