HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                 THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                  REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

               COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
                Rep. David Morihara, Chair
              Rep. K. Mark Takai, Vice Chair

         COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
              Rep. Terry Nui Yoshinaga, Chair
           Rep. Iris Ikeda Catalani, Vice Chair

   COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS CONCERNS
               Rep. Robert N. Herkes, Chair
              Rep. Sylvia J. Luke, Vice Chair


                     NOTICE OF HEARING

        DATE:    Monday, February 1, 1999

        TIME:    1:30 P.M.

        PLACE:   Conference Room 309, State Capitol


                        A G E N D A

HED JOINT HEARING:
HB 249     RELATING TO THE GENERAL POWERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
        HAWAII                                     HED/LAB,FIN
        Allows UH to enter into funding arrangements with
        private organizations to pay the salary and fringe
        benefits of university officers or employees.

HB 430     RELATING TO STANDARDS OF CONDUCT           HED/EDB,FIN
        Gives University of Hawaii faculty and management
        greater flexibility in pursuing consultative,
        entrepreneurial, or economic development activities.

HED ONLY:
HB 153     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII           HED,JHA
        Requires the Ethics Commission to accord a presumption
        of validity to UH faculty in consultative,
        entrepreneurial, or economic development activities
        under specified conditions, including disclosure prior
        to the activity.


 
 
 
HB 431     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 6, OF THE
        HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO PROVIDE THE UH WITH AUTONOMY
        IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE UNIVERSITY (Con Am)
                                                   HED,JHA,FIN
        Constitutional amendment to give UH autonomy in all
        matters related to the university.


HB 432     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII       HED,JHA,FIN
        Provides complete autonomy to the University of
        Hawaii, by making its status comparable to that of the
        judiciary.  Makes all employees subject to the
        university's personnel system.  Eliminates director of
        finance and governor from the university budgetary
        process.

HB 250     RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF FINANCING AGREEMENTS FOR
        THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII                       HED,FIN
        Allows the University of Hawaii to enter into
        financing agreements without the approval of the
        director of finance and the attorney general if the
        principal does not exceed $3,000,000.

HB 248     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII           HED,FIN
        Clarifies that the attorney general may provide legal
        representation to the University of Hawaii.

HB 425     RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS PERTAINING TO
        HIGHER EDUCATION                               HED,FIN
        CIP for higher education.

HB 833     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII           HED,FIN
        Includes sales of tangible personal property to the
        University of nstructs, Hawaii as sales at wholesale
        subject to the general excise tax rate of .5%.

HB 305     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII           HED,FIN
        Restructures board of regents of the University of
        Hawaii.  Establishes an advisory committee for board
        appointments.

HB 834     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII OPTIONAL
        RETIREMENT SYSTEM                          HED,LAB,FIN
        Makes clarifying amendments to University of Hawaii
        optional retirement system authorization.

HB 429     AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
        AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ENDOWMENT OF THE
        UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII                           HED,FIN

 
 
 
 
        Authorizes the issuance of one billion dollars for the
        general endowment of the UH through its Foundation.





                 DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 60 COPIES (FOR
JOINT HEARINGS) AND 35 COPIES (FOR HED ONLY) OF THEIR TESTIMONY
24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO:  (1)  THE COMMITTEE'S VICE
CHAIR IN ROOM 317, STATE CAPITOL; OR (2)  THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS
PERSONNEL IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING
LOT.  TESTIMONY MAY BE FAXED TO THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT:
586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859 (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS).  WHEN
FAXING, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE TESTIMONY IS BEING SUBMITTED,
THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING, AND THE REQUIRED NO. OF COPIES
THAT IS NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL.

IT IS ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE COPIES BE ON ONE SIDE OF AN 8-1/2"
X 11" SHEET.  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE HIGHER
EDUCATION COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6330.

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CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING SO
ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.



                               _______________________________
                               Rep. David Morihara
                               Chair



                               _______________________________
                               Rep. Terry Nui Yoshinaga
                               Chair



                               _______________________________
                               Rep. Robert N. Herkes
                               Chair