HB 2073 Summary

• Appropriates $1,489,349.75 from general revenues for fiscal year 2021-2022 to satisfy claims and settlements against the State of Hawaii.

• Department of Attorney General administers payments to five categories: Agribusiness Development Corporation ($132,611.78), Department of Land and Natural Resources ($145,736.28), Department of Public Safety ($700,000.00), State Public Charter School Commission ($125,275.38), and miscellaneous claims ($385,726.31).

• Payments require comptroller checks with prior approval from the Attorney General and are limited to lesser amounts if deemed appropriate.

• Interest on judgments is capped at the period from judgment date to thirty days after the Act's effective date per Hawaii Revised Statutes section 662-8.

• Unexpended appropriation balances lapse on June 30, 2023; Act becomes effective upon approval.