STAND. COM. REP. NO. 274

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1690

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 Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1690 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEMPORARY FACILITIES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII-WEST OAHU,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve higher education in Hawaii by authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds for the design, construction, and equipping of temporary facilities for the University of Hawaii-West Oahu.

The University of Hawaii testified in support of this bill. A concerned individual offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the appropriation from $941,000 to $500,000; and

(2) Specifying UH as the expending agency for the appropriation; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

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. 1690, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1690, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

 

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair