Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1208, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to effectuate certain housekeeping measures consistent with Act 115, Session Laws of Hawaii 1998, that authorizes the University of Hawaii (UH) to retain its own attorneys.

This bill exempts UH from having to obtain the approval of the Attorney General (AG) prior to acquiring an interest in real property, and transfers the following duties and powers from the AG to the UH General Counsel:

UH submitted testimony in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that UH should not be exempt from obtaining the prior approval of the AG before acquiring an interest in real property. The funding of real property acquisitions by UH will continue to be financed through legislative appropriations, and maintaining state oversight is necessary to ensure fiscal accountability.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this bill by deleting UH's exemption from obtaining approval from the AG before acquiring an interest in real property.

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 S.B. No. 1208, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1208, S.D.1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.