CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 130-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2547
H.D. 2
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2547, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this bill is to enhance accountability for the University of Hawaii (UH) Foundation by:
(1) Authorizing the Auditor to oversee expenditures from the UH Tuition and Fees Special Fund for the benefit of the UH Foundation; and
(2) Enhancing reporting requirements for the UH Foundation.
Your Committee on Conference finds that this bill will ensure greater accountability for the activities of the UH Foundation, and ensure more transparency in the use of state moneys by the UH Foundation.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the Auditor's oversight powers for expenditures from the UH Tuition and Fees Special Fund for the benefit of the UH Foundation;
(2) Placing a cap of $3,000,000 on expenditures from the UH Tuition and Fees Special Fund for the benefit of the UH Foundation, excluding in-kind services;
(3) Specifying that expenditures from the UH Tuition and Fees Special Fund may be made for the purpose promoting alumni activities;
(4) Requiring expenditure reports to include a financial summary of the operating activities of the UH Foundation and identify amounts and purposes of all expenditures from the UH support fund;
(5) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2004; and
(6) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for style and clarity.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2547, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2547, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Co-Chair |
____________________________ K. MARK TAKAI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair |