STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1231-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 3124
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 Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 3124 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to amend the law pertaining to the University of Hawaii Board of Regents (Board) by clarifying Board members' requirements and terms of office.
The Department of the Attorney General submitted comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Amending the terms of office of Board members to address issues of transition;
(2) Removing the provision that if a Board member is to be appointed to a second term of five years, the Senate must consider the question of whether to reconfirm the member at least 125 days prior to the conclusion of the member's first five-year term;
(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2096; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency, clarity, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3124, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3124, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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