THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2009

 

COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION

Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair

Senator Norman Sakamoto, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

TIME:

1:15 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 505

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Exempts the University of Hawaii from Hawaii public procurement code requirements.  Sunsets on June 30, 2014.

 

HRE, JGO

SB 1674

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Authorizes the University of Hawaii board of regents to issue revenue bonds to finance the costs of construction or maintenance of capital improvement projects; appropriates moneys from the revenue bond proceeds for fiscal year 2008-09 and fiscal year 2009-10, with unexpended and unencumbered balances to lapse to the general fund on June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2015, respectively.

 

HRE, WAM

SB 39

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO REPORTS ON THE HAWAII CANCER RESEARCH SPECIAL FUND.

Beginning 01/01/2010, requires the University of Hawaii to report semi-annually on the moneys in the Hawaii cancer research special fund, including deposits, expenditures, and other transactions.

 

HRE, WAM

Measure deleted on

02-02-09

SB 504

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Makes an appropriation for the establishment of a sustainability internship program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

 

HRE, WAM

 

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES:  If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing:

 

·         In person:  1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 218, State Capitol.

 

·         By fax:  Testimony may be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  When faxing, please indicate to which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.

 

·         By Web: Testimony may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.

 

·         By Email:  Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at HRETestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov .  Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.

 

Please note:  If you submit your written testimony after 4:30 p.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally.  A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing. 

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

 

Please note:  All testimony received by the Hawaii Senate will be posted on the Hawaii Legislature's Website.  Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.

 

Public Folder.  A folder labeled “Public Folder” containing the measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 587-7215.

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Jill Tokuda

Chair