STAND. COM. REP. NO.  142-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2195

      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 Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2195 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 increase the efficient use of resources at the University of Hawaii by repealing the requirement that the University prepare an annual report regarding the Construction Academy.

The University of Hawaii supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2525, to facilitate further discussion.

     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. 2195, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2195, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair