STAND. COM. REP. NO. 238-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2899
                                     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. 2899 entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE
     UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT WEST OAHU,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the
development of a strategic action plan for a new campus at the
University of Hawaii at West Oahu.

     Your Committee finds that in 1997, the Legislature
appropriated $1,000,000 for the initial planning of the proposed
campus.  On January 21, 2000, the Board of Regents approved the
plan.  The Board of Regents, however, is now unable to provide
continued funding for this project because of their 1996
resolution that prohibits such action.

     This bill would appropriate funds for the next phase of
planning for the campus that includes the continuation of the
master plan phase, securing necessary entitlements, preparation
of the project development report, and project development report
projects.

     Your Committee received testimony from the Chancellor of the
University of Hawaii at West Oahu and a concerned citizen.

 
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     Your Committee has amended the bill to:

     (1)  Clarify that the funds appropriated are "for the
          project development phase of planning at the University
          of Hawaii at West Oahu"; and

     (2)  Change the amount appropriated to $596,085.

     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. 2899, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2899, 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

 
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