STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1253

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1257

S.D. 2

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 Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1257, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve the governance of the University of Hawaii (UH) by, among other things:

(1) Improving the process of appointing the members of the UH Board of Regents (Board) by establishing a Candidate Advisory Council to determine criteria for, screen, and propose qualified candidates for the Governor from which to choose;

(2) Changing the number of Board members from 12 to 11;

(3) Removing the stipulation that no more than six members of the Board may be members of the same political party; and

(4) Providing for geographic representation on the Board; and

(5) Increasing the term of service of Board members from four years to five but limiting the number of consecutive terms served to two.

A concerned individual supported this bill. UH provided comments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1257, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

		____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair