STAND. COM. REP. NO. 704-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 3160

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 3160, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to the University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa to:

(1) Address the statewide shortage of nurses;

(2) Provide for utility cost overruns;

(3) Increase faculty and staff for the Colleges of Arts and Sciences;

(4) Increase security personnel;

(5) Restore teaching positions in the College of Natural Sciences;

(6) Extend the operating hours of Hamilton Library;

(7) Implement student-run television; and

(8) Increase support for programs serving native Hawaiians.

UH, College of Arts and Sciences at UH Manoa, School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene at UH Manoa, Hawaii Government Employees Association, 'Ike Ao Pono, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Kuali'i Council, The Queen's Medical Center, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. Several concerned individuals offered comments.

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 H.B. No. 3160, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair