STAND. COM. REP. NO. 756-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 1800
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. 1800, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Requiring that any appropriation made by the Legislature to the University of Hawaii for a specific purpose as described in an appropriations vehicle must be expended by the University for the specific purpose described in that appropriations vehicle;
(2) Providing that if the University of Hawaii does not expend all of the funds for the specific purpose described by the Legislature, the University must submit a report to the Legislature no later than 20 days before the convening of the next regular session that includes, among other things, a detailed explanation of why the funds were not expended or, if the funds were expended for a different purpose, why they were expended for that purpose; and
(3) Requiring that during the fiscal year following the submission of the report identified in paragraph (2), an amount equal to any funds appropriated for the prior fiscal year that were not expended in accordance with the specific purpose as described by the Legislature, plus any related recurring appropriations, must be returned by the Director of Finance or the University of Hawaii to the general fund.
The University of Hawaii 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. 1800, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
|
|
|
____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
|
|
|
|