STAND. COM. REP. NO.  8-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2163

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2163 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMPTROLLER SUPERVISION OF ACCOUNTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide for more efficient financial operations at the University of Hawaii (UH) by limiting UH's duty to preaudit all proposed payments to those that amount to $10,000 or more.

     UH testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Budget and Finance offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion.

     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. 2163, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2163, 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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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair