STAND. COM. REP. NO.  760-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 1625

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1625, 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 require the University of Hawaii Board of Regents to:

     (1)  Establish program and salary funding requirements for organized research units of the University of Hawaii; and

     (2)  Report to the Legislature regarding the funding requirements.

The University of Hawaii, University of Hawaii Professional Assembly, Spectrum Photonics, Inc., and many individuals provided testimony in opposition to this measure.

     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 H.B. No. 1625, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair