STAND. COM. REP. NO. 756-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2172

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2172, H.D. 1, 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 and Ulupono Initiative supported this measure. The Department of Accounting and General Services provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Authorizing the Board of Regents to delegate to the President and Vice President of Budget and Finance the authority to conduct activities and enter into business relationships as the Board deems necessary or appropriate and which the Board has determined benefit the University's interests, based on recommendations from the Office of Strategic Partnerships and Development; and

(2) Clarifying that any corporation, venture, or relationship entered into under a public-private partnership does not involve the development of land, or activities, within a conservation district.

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. 2172, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2172, H.D. 2.

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

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair