STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2382

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2962
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Technology and Judiciary,
to which was referred S.B. No. 2962 entitled: 

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a procedure for
service of process upon the University of Hawaii.

     In addition, the measure clarifies that legal services
formerly provided by the Department of the Attorney General are
to be provided by the University of Hawaii's General Counsel.
The measure also requires that all settlements and judgments be
paid from legislative appropriations.

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

     Your Committees find that Act 115, Session Laws Hawaii 1998,
authorized the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to
appoint its own legal counsel.  As a result of this
authorization, the University established the Office of the
Senior Vice President for Legal Affairs and University General
Counsel.

     Your Committees agree that this measure will facilitate the
work of this new office and provide greater flexibility to the
University by ensuring proper, timely service of process upon the
University.  This measure would also protect the assets of the

 
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University by having in-house counsel determine when accounts are
uncollectible and review land documents.

     Your Committees made technical, nonsubstantive amendments to
reflect proper drafting style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Education and Technology and Judiciary that are
attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the
intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2962, as amended herein, and
recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto
as S.B. No. 2962, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Education and
                                   Technology and Judiciary,



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AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair        DAVID Y. IGE, Chair



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MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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