STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1522

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 606

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 606, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to assist student employees attending University of Hawaii campuses by appropriating $5,200,000 in general revenues, for each year of fiscal biennium 2013-2015, to:

     (1)  Fund students employed at new or expanded worksites at each University of Hawaii campus; and

     (2)  Provide full-time support staff to assist the Vice Chancellor for Students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa with coordination, recruitment, training, and compliance with system-wide procedures and student employment regulations.

A concerned individual supported this measure.  The University of Hawaii at Manoa offered comments on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriation of $5,200,000 in general revenues for each year of fiscal biennium 2013-2015 to an unspecified amount;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to promote further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 606, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 606, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair