STAND. COM. REP. NO.  992-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2005

      S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 2005, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO MODIFY THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to propose an amendment to Article X, Section 6 of the Hawaii Constitution to remove the requirement that the Governor nominate candidates for the University of Hawaii Board of Regents from pools of qualified candidates submitted by the Regents Candidate Advisory Council.

The Governor and University of Hawaii Professional Assembly supported this measure.  The Regents Candidate Advisory Council and two concerned individuals opposed this measure.

     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 S.B. No. 2005, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

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SCOTT NISHIMOTO, Chair