STAND. COM. REP. NO. 125-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2069
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred
H.B. No. 2069 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish a commission to
evaluate gubernatorial nominees to the University of Hawaii Board
of Regents.

     In addition, this bill establishes the evaluation commission
within the Senate for administrative purposes, requires the
Senate President to select the chairperson of the commission, and
deems the commission's meetings to be executive meetings that are
closed to the public.  This bill also extends the term of Board
of Regents members from four to ten years and allows board
members to be reappointed once, and provides board members with
an annual compensation not exceeding $25,000 to be set at the
discretion of the board.

     Your Committee received testimony in favor of this measure
from the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly.
Informational testimony was received from the University of
Hawaii Board of Regents and the Office of Information Practices.

     Your Committee agrees with the intent of the bill to
establish a commission to evaluate nominees to the Board of

 
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Regents, and to require the Governor to submit all nominees for
vacancies to the Commission.  Upon further consideration,
however, your Committee has amended the bill by:

     (1)  Changing the term of Board of Regents members from ten
          years to no more than two six-year terms;

     (2)  Deleting the compensation to be provided to board
          members other than necessary travel expenses within the
          State; and

     (3)  Increasing the membership on the evaluation commission
          from seven to nine members by adding two students to be
          selected by the President of the University of Hawaii,
          one enrolled at a four-year post-secondary institution
          and the other enrolled at a community college in
          Hawaii.

     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. 2069, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2069, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

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



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                                   DAVID MORIHARA, Chair

 
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