STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1052

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 248
                                        H.D. 1
                                        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. 248, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the
University of Hawaii may seek legal counsel from the Attorney
General upon mutual agreement.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
University of Hawaii and the Department of the Attorney General.

     Your Committee finds that while Act 115, Session Laws of
Hawaii 1998, granted the University of Hawaii the authority to
procure legal services independent from the Department of the
Attorney General, it was not the intent of the Legislature to
accordingly preclude the University of Hawaii from receiving any
legal services from the Department of the Attorney General.

     Your Committee adopted the recommendations of the University
of Hawaii by amending section 2 of this measure to allow the
Board of Regents to request and secure legislative appropriations
to fund any settlements of claims or judgments against the
university.  Your Committee notes that while the University of
Hawaii does indeed have great autonomy, it is not a private
organization, and must be allowed the continued option of

 
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requesting legislative appropriations to fund the settlement of
claims or judgments against the university.

     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. 248, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.
No. 248, H.D. 1, 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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