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. 3198 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to streamline the fiscal operations of the Center of Nursing by:

The Hawaii Government Employees Association testified in support of this bill. The School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene of the University of Hawaii and Hawaii State Center for Nursing provided comments.

Your committee amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity, style, and consistency.

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. 3198, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3198, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.