§46-73  Claims for legislative relief;conditions.  All claims for refunds, reimbursements, or other payments byany county, authorization for which is sought from the legislature, shall, as acondition to their being considered by the legislature, be filed in duplicatewith the county council or city council of the county concerned at least thirtydays prior to the convening of the legislature, together with duplicates of alldata and documents in support thereof.  In the absence of a showing of sufficientreason therefor, failure to comply with this paragraph shall be deemedsufficient cause for refusal of the legislature to consider the claims.

The county council or city council shallimmediately upon receipt thereof refer the claim and data so received by it tothe head of the department, bureau, board or commission concerned, and theperson to whom the reference is made shall immediately investigate the claim,secure in duplicate all available data and documents bearing thereon, and priorto the convening of the legislature refer the same back to the county councilor city council with the person's recommendations thereon.  The county councilsor city council shall, within five days after the opening of the session,transmit the claims which have not been paid by the county concerned in anappropriate legislative bill form, together with all accompanying data sopresented, to the legislature. [L 1943, c 75, §1; RL 1945, §6015; RL 1955,§138-22; HRS §46-73; am L 1973, c 178, §3; gen ch 1985]