STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1479_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.R. No. 69
                                     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.R. No. 69 entitled:

     "HOUSE 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 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 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.R. No.
69, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the
Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 69,
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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