STAND. COM. REP. NO.  248

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 849

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 849 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 reinstate the authority of the University of Hawaii to maintain a separate accounting and financial management system that is compatible with the State's accounting and financial system.

The University of Hawaii and Department of Accounting and General Services supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Amending the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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. 849, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 849, 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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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair