STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1587
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 1256
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1256 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO MODIFY THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR THE BOARD OF REGENTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve the governance of the University of Hawaii (UH) by proposing a constitutional amendment to modify the appointment process of the UH Board of Regents (BOR). Specifically, this constitutional amendment would:
(1) Require the BOR to be selected from a pool of qualified candidates presented to the Governor by a Candidate Advisory Council (Council); and
(2) Allow current members of the BOR to continue to serve their terms of office until they are replaced by appointed members who have been screened and proposed by the Council.
The UH Professional Assembly, UH Student Caucus, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The Hawaii Government Employees Association supported the intent of this measure. UH offered comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by clarifying the intent of the Legislature to:
(1) Have existing BOR members serve their full terms of office; and
(2) Replace each member with an appointed member screened and proposed by the Council as the member's term expires.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1256, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1256, H.D.1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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