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. 3196 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to attract top educators and scientists to teach and conduct research at the University of Hawaii (UH) by creating a State Eminent Scholar's Special Fund at UH into which private donations as well as state matching funds would be deposited.

The UH system and UH-Manoa testified in support of this bill.

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. 3196 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.