STAND. COM. REP. NO.  710

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 1071

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1071 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE REGENTS CANDIDATE ADVISORY COUNCIL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to help ensure that the members of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents complement each other's strengths to form a well-rounded and cohesive body by authorizing the Governor to reject the list of candidates presented by the Regents Candidate Advisory Council and require the Council to present the Governor with a new list within sixty days of the rejection.

The Regents Candidate Advisory Council provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Removing the authorization for the Governor to reject the list of candidates;

     (2)  Inserting an authorization for the Governor to request additional candidates from the Council;

     (3)  Increasing to 90 from 60 the number of days the Council has to comply with the Governor's request for additional candidates; and

     (4)  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. 1071, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1071, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair