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1648 S E N A T E J O U R N A L-STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
<br /> The purpose of this bill is to appropriate general funds to pay claims for legislative relief,judgments,settlements,and
<br /> miscellaneous claims against the State.
<br /> Your Committee has amended this measure by removing claims totalling$2,976,861 from the total general fund appropriation,and
<br /> by instead appropriating the same amount of$2,976,861 out of the state highway fund to pay for those claims.
<br /> Your Committee has also amended this measure by adding a miscellaneous claim for attorneys fees incurred in State of Hawaii v.
<br /> W.H.McVay et al Civil No.914097-12,and by appropriating an additional$269,792.50 out of general funds to pay for the claim.
<br /> Your Committee finds that a suit was filed against Harold Masumoto,the State,and others,regarding condemnation of a feedlot
<br /> and other parcels in Kapolei. The State eventually settled with Hawaii Meat Company and Mr.Masumoto in his official capacity was
<br /> dismissed from the suit,but he was not dismissed in his individual capacity. To this end,Mr.Masumoto hired a private attorney to
<br /> defend him in this litigation. In November 1998,the remaining litigation was concluded without any findings of Mr.Masumoto acting
<br /> illegally,maliciously,or for corrupt motives. The Department of the Attorney General,finding that Mr.Masumoto was at all times
<br /> acting within the scope of his duties and in furtherance of the best interests of the State as he understood it,recommended that his
<br /> attorneys'fees and costs be paid as a claim against the State. Your Committee concurs.
<br /> Your Committee finds that thejudgments and settlements as represented in this measure have been evaluated and recommended by
<br /> die DeParmem of the Attorney General.
<br /> As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report,your
<br /> Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.No.989,H.D.1,S.D.1,as amended herein,and recommends that it pass
<br /> Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.No.989,H.D.1,S.D.2.
<br /> Signed by the Co-Chairs on behalf of the Committee.
<br /> Ayes,12. Noes,none. Excused,1(Anderson).
<br /> SCRep.1584 Ways and Means on H.B.No.1017
<br /> The purpose of this bill is to authorize the issuance of bonds for the repair and maintenance of public housing,the Hula Mae
<br /> program,and the rental housing trust fund.
<br /> The bill also provides assistance to mortgagees facing employment difficulties.
<br /> Specifically,the bill authorizes the issuance of bonds for.
<br /> (1) The repair and maintenance of state-owned public housing for a bond term of five to ten years;
<br /> (2) An increase in the bond ceiling of the Hula Mae mortgage loan program;and
<br /> (3) The rental housing trust fund.
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<br /> The bill also requires banks,savings banks,savings and loan associations,financial services loan companies,and credit unions to
<br /> restructure mortgages for mortgagees facing employment and foreclosure difficulties.
<br /> Your Committee has amended the bill by removing sections 3 through 7 of the bill relating to mortgagee loan restructuring and
<br /> retaining the sections relating to the issuance of bonds. Your Committee has also made technical changes that have no substantive
<br /> effect.
<br /> As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report,your
<br /> Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.No.1017,H.D.1,S.D.1,as amended herein,and recommends that it pass
<br /> Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.No.1017,H.D.1,S.D.2.
<br /> Signed by the Co-Chairs on behalf of the Committee.
<br /> Ayes,7. Noes,none. Excused,6(Buen,Ige,D.,Ige,M.,Tam,Taniguchi,Anderson).
<br /> SCRep.1585 Judiciary on H.B.No.8
<br /> The purpose of this bill,as received by your Committee,is to prohibit the use of social security numbers on driver's licenses after
<br /> July 31,2001.
<br /> Your Committee finds that the widespread use of social security numbers in the private sector to identify individuals tracked by t
<br /> financial,credit,educational,and other institutions,has facilitated the criminal practice of identity theft through unlawful use of
<br /> another's social security number. Hawaii's statewide practice ofusing social security numbers as driver's license numbers makes it a
<br /> relatively simple matter for con artists,financial services organizations,and other unscrupulous people to obtain social security
<br /> numbers for their nefarious practices.
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