STAND. COM. REP. NO.  780-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3226

      H.D. 3

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 3226, H.D. 2, 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 improve the governance of the University of Hawaii (UH) by:

(1)  Requiring that the 12 members or more of the UH Board of Regents (Board), with the exception of the student member, who represent specified geographical areas also reside in those areas;

(2)  Clarifying the purpose of the Candidate Advisory Council by renaming it the Regents Candidate Advisory Council (RCAC);

(3)  Requiring the Governor to inform RCAC, in writing, of the resignation, death, or removal of a Board member within 10 days of the removal or of receiving notification of the resignation or death;

(4)  Requiring RCAC to submit names of Board candidates to the Governor within 60 days--instead of 30 days--of a vacancy that arises by resignation, death, or removal by the Governor;

(5)  Making confidential the information concerning potential Board candidates that is not of public record, except for information concerning a candidate who is appointed by the Governor, which must be disclosed as provided by law; and

(6)  Appropriating $152,000 to establish a permanent administrative position for RCAC.

     RCAC testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriation to establish a permanent administrative position for RCAC from $152,000 to an unspecified sum to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3226, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3226, H.D. 3.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair