Bill > HB2250

This bill appropriates funds for the fiscal year 2025-2026 to cover various claims against the State of Hawaii, its officers, or its employees, including payments for judgments, settlements, overpaid taxes, and other liabilities. Specifically, Section 1 allocates over $17 million from general revenues to the Department of the Attorney General for a wide range of claims, including those against departments like Agriculture and BioSecurity, the Attorney General's office itself, Corrections and Rehabilitation, Education, Hawaiian Home Lands, Health, Human Services, Land and Natural Resources, Law Enforcement, and the Office of the Public Defender. Section 2 dedicates over $2 million from the state highway fund to the Department of Transportation's Highways Division for claims related to that division. Section 3 clarifies that these funds can be paid to the named parties for the identified cases, with the Attorney General's approval required before any payment is made. Section 4 addresses the payment of interest on judgments, limiting it to a specific period as outlined in Hawaii Revised Statutes. Section 5 ensures that these appropriations do not lapse at the end of the fiscal year but will lapse on June 30, 2027, if unexpended. Finally, Section 6 states that if any part of the bill is found invalid, the rest of the bill will still be in effect, and Section 7 sets the effective date of the Act to July 1, 3000.

Budget and Finance, Justice

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2250&year=2026