STAND. COM. REP. NO. 128-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2172

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2172 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the University of Hawaii to enter into public-private partnerships and establish an Office of Strategic Partnerships and Development to coordinate, develop, and manage public-private partnerships that benefit the University of Hawaii.

The University of Hawaii testified in support of this measure. The Department of Accounting and General Services provided comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the amount of the appropriation and the number of the full-time equivalent staff to enable additional consideration on this aspect of the measure;

(2) Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

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

Should this measure proceed further in the legislative process, your Committee respectfully requests the Committee on Finance to consider an appropriation amount of $500,000 for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the hiring of four full-time equivalent (4.00 FTE) permanent positions in the University of Hawaii to maintain the staff necessary to develop and manage the Office of Strategic Partnerships and Development.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2172, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2172, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Higher Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair