STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1135

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1660
                                        H.D. 2
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education and Technology, to which was
referred H.B. No. 1660, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to pay
for utilities for the Community Colleges of the University of
Hawaii system.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
University of Hawaii.

     The University of Hawaii stated that the Community Colleges
require additional funding to meet critical shortages in
electricity funding.  While the Community Colleges have initiated
energy conservation measures to control costs, an electricity
shortfall has been increasing over the years as rates have risen
and program requirements and new facilities have increased
consumption.  Current estimates for additional funding
requirements to meet critical shortages in electricity funding
amount to $1,217,869 for fiscal year 1999-2000, and $1,528,821
for fiscal year 2000-2001 for the Community Colleges.  Estimates
for funding shortages in electricity funding for the entire
system amount to $1,594,057 for fiscal year 1999-2000, and
$2,926,498 for fiscal year 2000-2001.


 
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     Your Committee has amended this measure to broaden the
appropriation to pay for utilities for the University of Hawaii
system, and not specifically for the Community Colleges.  Your
Committee believes that this will allow the University more
flexibility in determining the utilities funding allocations.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education and Technology that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 1660, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.
No. 1660, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Education and
                                   Technology,



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                                   DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 
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