STAND. COM. REP. NO.  445-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2813

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2813 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION AGENCY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to encourage the development of high technology innovation in the State by establishing the Hawaii Science, Technology, and Innovation Agency through a collaboration between the University of Hawaii at Hilo and Hawaii Community College.

The University of Hawaii System and the University of Hawaii at Hilo provided comments.

     Your Committee notes that while "agency" is not a common term used to describe entities established at the various University of Hawaii System campuses, the Hawaii Science, Technology, and Innovation Agency is intended to function in a similar manner to the institutes and centers that constitute the currently established entities.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the Agency will be housed at the University of Hawaii at Hilo; and

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

     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. 2813, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2813, 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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SCOTT NISHIMOTO, Chair