STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2306

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2961
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education and Technology, to which was
referred S.B. No. 2961 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE RELIEF OF CERTAIN
     PERSONS' CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AND
     PROVIDING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the
payment of judgments against, and settlements entered into by,
the University of Hawaii for the satisfaction of claims against
the University of Hawaii, its officers, or employees.

     Testimony in support of the measure was submitted from the
University of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that there is sufficient justification
for the payment of the settlements and miscellaneous claim
submitted in the proposed measure.

     Your Committee has amended the measure to include moneys for
a settlement agreed upon between the University of Hawaii, the
Department of Health, and the Environmental Protection Agency
after the measure's introduction.  The settlement reached between
the parties involves the improper storage and disposal of
hazardous materials by the University.  The additional amount
appropriated is $505,000 as a cash payment, which includes a good
faith credit in recognition of the University's cooperation with
the Department of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency,

 
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and $800,000 to pay for waste minimization and pollution
prevention.

     Your Committee has also amended the measure to specify that
the funds appropriated be directed to the University's Systemwide
Programs (UOH 900) for expenditure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education and Technology that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2961, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2961,
S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Education and
                                   Technology,



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                                   DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 
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