STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1480_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 82
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred
H.C.R. No. 82 entitled:

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF
     HAWAII TO CONVENE A STUDY GROUP TO CREATE A NEW HIGHER
     EDUCATION TITLE IN THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES WHICH CLEARLY
     EXPRESSES LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND RECODIFIES THE HIGHER
     EDUCATION STATUTES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the
University of Hawaii to convene a study group to create a new
higher education title in the Hawaii Revised Statutes which
clearly expresses legislative intent and recodifies the higher
education statutes.

     Your Committee finds that the recent fiscal and managerial
autonomy granted to the University of Hawaii prompts a review of
whether statutes relating to the university and higher education
should be recodified to reflect the university's independence
from other agencies in the executive branch.

     Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by
requesting the Legislative Reference Bureau to initiate
recodification of the higher education statutes with the
assistance of the University of Hawaii and the higher education
committees in the Legislature.

 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report,
your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No.
82, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the
Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No.
82, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Higher Education,



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                                   DAVID MORIHARA, Chair

 
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