Appropriates funds and authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for capital improvement projects for the University of Hawaii-West Oahu, related to the design and construction of a four-year undergraduate college campus.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. The University of Hawaii-West Oahu was designed and developed to meet the needs of commuters, older students, working students, and those interested in professional education.

The academic program at the University of Hawaii-West Oahu is currently organized around four interdisciplinary degrees: humanities, social sciences, public administration, and business administration. These programs and the thirteen concentration areas they serve are all expected to grow when the lower two years of curriculum are implemented. The University of Hawaii-West Oahu has been authorized to develop two additional degree programs, a bachelor of education and a bachelor of applied sciences. Within each of these degrees there will be multiple areas of concentration. These programs will require not only larger, but also more complex facilities such as laboratories and clinical practice areas. The campus will also provide opportunities for students to work and participate in internships on and off campus.

The University of Hawaii-West Oahu continues to make gains in ensuring academic quality and increasing access to its academic programs for residents residing in the areas of leeward and central Oahu. In order to continue this upward trend, additional funding is needed to address workforce needs, increasing student enrollment, and growing academic needs.

The purpose of this Act is to provide funding for design and construction of a four-year undergraduate college campus for the University of Hawaii-West Oahu in Kapolei, Oahu.

SECTION 2. The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $33,553,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and the same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for fiscal year 2006-2007 for the purpose of planning, designing, and constructing a new four-year undergraduate college for the University of Hawaii-West Oahu in Kapolei, Oahu.

SECTION 3. The appropriation made for the capital improvement project authorized by this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium for which the appropriation is made; provided that all moneys from the appropriation unencumbered as of June 30, 2008, shall lapse as of that date.

SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $208,553,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007, for the design and construction of a new four-year college campus for the University of Hawaii-West Oahu in Kapolei, Oahu.

Design $ 8,553,000

Construction 200,000,000

Total Funding $208,553,000

SECTION 5. There is transferred from special funds the sum of $175,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007, for the design and construction of a new four-year college campus for the University of Hawaii-West Oahu in Kapolei, Oahu.

SECTION 6. The sums appropriated shall be expended by the University of Hawaii.

SECTION 7. For all construction and renovation work under this Act, the University of Hawaii-West Oahu shall meet or exceed the leadership in energy and environmental design silver rating standards for new construction and major renovation work (LEED-NC) and existing building operations (LEED-EB) established by the United States Green Building Council for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings.

SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2006.