STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 36-22
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2022
RE: H.B. No. 2187
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Higher Education & Technology, to which was referred H.B. No. 2187 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BOARD OF REGENTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Provide for the expiration of two terms of members of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents each year, instead of three terms; and
(2) Require the Governor to adjust the terms of members appointed to the Board of Regents until the number of terms set to expire each year is two, not including the student member.
Your Committee finds that Act 172, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, reduced the number of members of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii from fifteen to eleven. As such, the number of members whose terms will expire in the coming years is not evenly distributed and may result in sudden losses of institutional knowledge and experience. Your Committee further finds that realignment of the terms of members of the Board of Regents appointed by the Governor is necessary until an equitable number of terms expire each year.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education & Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2187, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2187, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education & Technology,
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____________________________ GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair |
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