STAND. COM. REP. NO.  420-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2410

      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. 2410 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enable the University of Hawaii to permanently exempt its accounting and financial management system from the general accounting requirements imposed on other state agencies by repealing the exemption's sunset date of June 30, 2016.

The University of Hawaii System and a concerned individual supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Extending the sunset date to June 30, 2017, rather than permanently allowing the University of Hawaii System to maintain a separate accounting and financial management system;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2525, to encourage further discussion; and

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

     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. 2410, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2410, 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