STAND. COM. REP. NO.  115

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 673

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 673 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 provide more flexibility for the operations of the University of Hawaii (UH) by exempting the UH Board of Regents from the requirements of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code.

     UH testified in support of this measure.  The State Procurement Office, Coalition of Hawaii Engineering and Architectural Professionals, and the American Institute of Architects opposed 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. 673 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

____________________________

JERRY L. CHANG, Chair