STAND. COM. REP. NO. 147

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 318

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 318 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT HILO,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for three full-time equivalent (3.00 FTE) positions for the custodial and maintenance staff at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawai‘i System and one individual.

Your Committee finds that over the last five years, the University of Hawaii at Hilo campus has grown with the addition of two new buildings and a third building, the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, scheduled to open in the summer of 2019. These additional facilities require upkeep and maintenance to interior and exterior spaces. This measure assists the University of Hawaii at Hilo with maintaining facilities and grounds to attract and retain students and employees who want to learn and work in a twenty-first century environment.

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 S.B. No. 318 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair