STAND. COM. REP. NO. 394-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 3167
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 Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 3167 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WEST OAHU,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to appropriate general funds for designated programs at the University of Hawaii-West Oahu.
The Chancellor of the University of Hawaii-West Oahu testified in support of the general funds request. The University of Hawaii Director of Capital Improvements and a community counselor of INPEACE-Ka Lama Education Academy also requested support for capital improvement projects.
Your Committee is in full support of funding for University of Hawaii-West Oahu, however, your Committee feels that the specific fiscal amounts that should be appropriated are best addressed by the Committee on Finance.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing appropriations of specific amounts for specific designated programs to a general unspecified appropriation;
(2) Inserting legislative findings;
(3) Authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds for a capital improvement project to include the planning, design, and construction of a new four-year undergraduate college for University of Hawaii-West Oahu;
(4) Including special fund and general fund appropriations for the design and construction of the new four-year college campus in Kapolei;
(5) Adding a proviso that all construction and renovation projects are required to meet certain LEED design standards; and
(6) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.
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. 3167, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3167, 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 |
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