STAND. COM. REP. NO. 403

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1385

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Higher Education and Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 1385 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii (Board of Regents) to undergo training on the Board of Regents' policies and procedures; chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), Hawaii's sunshine law; and chapter 92F, HRS, Hawaii's open records laws.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from one individual.  Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Board of Regents and Office of Information Practices.

     Your Committees find that on August 29, 2012, pursuant to Senate Rule 20, the Senate President appointed a Senate Special Committee on Accountability (Special Committee) to conduct informational briefings to review the oversight, accountability, and transparency of the operational and financial management of the University of Hawaii System.

     The Special Committee found, among other things, that members of the Board would benefit from receiving training to better understand its own policies and procedures as well as training on Hawaii's sunshine and open records laws.  This measure will ensure that members of the Board receive the necessary training.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Judiciary and Labor that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1385 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and Judiciary and Labor,

____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair

____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair