REPORT TITLE:
UH


DESCRIPTION:
Creates office of applied community research at the University of
Hawaii.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.484        
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 304, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
 
 3 read as follows:
 
 4      "�304-     Office of applied community research.  There is
 
 5 established at the University of Hawaii, the office of applied
 
 6 community research.  The office shall serve as an intake office
 
 7 for requests by the community at large for student research
 
 8 assistance in resolving community problems.  The office may pool
 
 9 the student resources of the various departments, colleges,
 
10 campuses, and programs of the University of Hawaii system for
 
11 assignment to selected community requests.  The affairs and
 
12 operations of the office shall be administered by a director
 
13 appointed by and responsible to the president of the University
 
14 of Hawaii.  The center shall draw on existing personnel within
 
15 the university insofar as possible for necessary supplementation.
 
16 Where bona fide demand for programs and services exceeds the
 
17 capabilities of the permanent staff as supplemented, additional
 
18 personnel resources may be acquired on a contract basis.
 
19 Permanent staff shall be covered by chapters 76 and 77, or
 

 
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 1 section 304-13, as may be appropriate."
 
 2      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
 3 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $,           or so
 
 4 much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, to
 
 5 establish an office of applied community research at the
 
 6 University of Hawaii.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by
 
 7 the University of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.
 
 8      SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
 9      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
 
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11                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________