STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3601

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2172

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2172, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to foster innovation and increase revenue-generating opportunities in public higher education.

Specifically, this measure:

(1) Establishes and appropriates funds for an Office of Strategic Partnerships at the University of Hawaii to coordinate and manage public-private partnerships; and

(2) Establishes a five-year University of Hawaii public-private partnership pilot project to allow the University of Hawaii to enter into public-private partnerships under certain conditions.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii System, Ulupono Initiative, and Ho`omanapono Political Action Committee.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai`i.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that colleges and universities across the United States have used public-private partnerships to provide a combination of financing, construction, or ongoing maintenance for projects in student housing, physical plant infrastructure, and facility maintenance. Accordingly, facilitating public-private partnerships at the University of Hawaii may benefit the university, its students, and the State as a whole.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2172, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2172, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair