STAND. COM. REP. NO. 776-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1677

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1677, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TUITION AND FEES SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Repeal a statutory minimum funding requirement for the University of Hawaii; and

(2) Allow the University of Hawaii Tuition and Fees Special Fund to be used to pay salaries for certain positions and exempt the University of Hawaii from reimbursing the State for its contributions to health benefits for those positions.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawaiʻi System. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1677, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair