STAND. COM. REP. NO. 150

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1570
                                     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.B. No. 1570 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide matching general
obligation bond funds as an incentive for expediting construction
of a University of Hawaii West Oahu campus (UH-West Oahu).

     The Estate of James Campbell and two individuals submitted
testimony in support of the measure.  The University of Hawaii
submitted comments on the measure and indicated that it is
currently preparing a long-range development plan and will be
issuing an environmental impact statement for public comments
with respect to the construction of the proposed UH-West Oahu
campus.

     Upon consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Adding an appropriation of $450,000 for fiscal year
          1999-2000 for a long-range development plan and
          environmental impact statement for construction of the
          proposed UH-West Oahu campus; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the
          purpose of style.


 
 
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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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.
No. 1570, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1570, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   DAVID MORIHARA, Chair