STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2899

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3268

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3268 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII ATHLETICS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the University of Hawaii Board of Regents to terminate the employment of the athletic director and head coaches at four-year campuses for cause and to require that certain coaching contracts be subject to Board of Regents approval.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly and Hawaii Government Employees Association.

Your Committee finds that the additional oversight provided by this measure will help to ensure that the employment of and compensation plans for many of the highest paid state employees are properly monitored and reviewed.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Applying the measure to all campuses of the University of Hawaii System, instead of the four-year campuses;

(2) Clarifying that the specified coaching contracts shall not be valid unless approved by the University of Hawaii Board of Regents;

(3) Appropriating $3,600,000 out of the general funds appropriated to program ID University of Hawaii, Manoa (UOH 100) for the purposes of the measure;

(4) Appropriating $400,000 out of the general funds appropriated to program ID University of Hawaii, Hilo (UOH 210) for athletics;

(5) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(6) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, 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 S.B. No. 3268, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3268, S.D. 1.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair