Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 20 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow the University of Hawaii (UH) and Department of Education (DOE) greater autonomy over their internal operations by removing the June 30, 2005, sunset date of Act 321, Session Laws of Hawaii, 1986.

UH and DOE testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that UH and DOE have adequate accounting systems and internal controls that warrant the removal of the sunset date, thus permanently granting UH and DOE authority over their internal fiscal operations.

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. 20 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.