STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2568

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2005

       S.D. 2

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 2005, S.D. 1, 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 and intent of this measure is to propose a constitutional amendment to article X, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution to modify the appointment process for members of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly.  Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Regent Candidate Advisory Council of the University of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that since the establishment of the Candidate Advisory Council for the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii (Council) pursuant to a constitutional amendment in 2006, the Senate has denied the confirmation of candidates to the Board of Regents on several occasions.  This measure proposes a constitutional amendment to give the Governor the authority to more directly appoint highly qualified members to the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii rather than being obligated to appoint from a limited list of names provided by the Council.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to ensure further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2005, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2005, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair