Bill Text: HI SB124 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Claims Against The State.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session. [SB124 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB124-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 41D-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§41D-3 Adjustment of claims against the State.
(a) The attorney general may
review any claim. The attorney general
may refer claims to the comptroller for informal resolution.
(b)
All claims against the State that are within the purview of section
41D-8 shall be reviewed in the first instance by the comptroller for informal
resolution as provided in this section.
(c) The comptroller may compromise or settle a
claim within the purview of section 41D-8 for an amount not exceeding [$15,000,]
$25,000 and the comptroller may pay the claim without review by the
attorney general.
(d) The comptroller may compromise or settle and
pay a tort claim not within the purview of section 41D-8 for [$10,000 or
less] an amount not exceeding $25,000 without the necessity of court
approval[, and the comptroller may pay the claim].
(e)
Upon referral by the comptroller, the attorney general, in the attorney
general's discretion, shall make determinations of whether a claim would or
would not be within the purview of section 41D-8 for purposes of subsections
(c) and (d).
(f)
If the tort claim cannot be resolved informally as set forth in subsections
(c) and (d), the comptroller promptly shall inform the attorney general.
(g)
All of the efforts of the comptroller or the comptroller's delegate
under this section shall be "compromise negotiations" within the
meaning of rule 408, Hawaii Rules of Evidence, as set forth in section 626-1.
(h) Claims compromised or settled under this section shall be paid from the state risk management revolving fund."
SECTION 2. Section 41D-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
"(f)
The comptroller shall prepare, for each fiscal year, a report of all claims
arbitrated, compromised, or settled [for $10,000 or less] and
paid from the state risk management revolving fund[.] as provided in
section 41D-3. The report shall be
submitted to the legislature twenty days prior to the commencement of the
regular session next succeeding the year for which the report is made."
SECTION 3. Section 662-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Claims arbitrated, compromised, or settled by
the attorney general for [$10,000 or less] an amount not
exceeding $25,000 shall be paid from the state risk management revolving
fund. Claims arbitrated, compromised, or
settled by the attorney general for more than [$10,000] $25,000
shall be paid only after funds are appropriated by the legislature for the
payment of those claims."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2019.
Report Title:
Claims Against the State; Risk Management Fund;
Description:
Increases the Comptroller's settlement authority for tort and auto claims to $25,000. (SD1)
The summary description
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
