STAND. COM. REP. NO. 44-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2070
                                     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. 2070 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to effectuate its title.

     H.B. No. 2649 was introduced as a short-form bill, which is
sometimes referred to as a "vehicle" bill primarily used to
introduce a bill containing only a general idea as to the purpose
of the bill without specific details in long form.  Your
Committee has amended the bill to provide the substantive
contents of the bill in long form so that a public hearing may be
properly held on its substantive comments.

     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 action to report out H.B.
No. 2070, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education, for the purpose
of holding a public hearing thereon, in the form attached hereto
as H.B. No. 2070, H.D. 1.

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



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                                   DAVID MORIHARA, Chair