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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.C.R. NO.            H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     HOUSE CONCURRENT
                        RESOLUTION
  REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO INITITATE
    RECODIFICATION OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION STATUTES.



 1        WHEREAS, the lower education statutes were recodified in
 2   1996, following the findings and recommendations of a study
 3   group convened in the previous year, in an effort to integrate
 4   recent education policy changes and communicate the intent and
 5   import of recent systemic reforms; and
 6   
 7        WHEREAS, in contrast to the policy changes affecting the
 8   Department of Education, the University of Hawaii has also
 9   recently undergone significant legislative reforms resulting in
10   increased fiscal and management autonomy; and
11   
12        WHEREAS, statutes relating to the University of Hawaii and
13   higher education presently span across several chapters in the
14   education title of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, as well as
15   various sections in chapters relating to state financial
16   administration and public contracts; and
17   
18        WHEREAS, a recodification of the higher education and
19   related statutes will further clarify the intent of the
20   Legislature to treat the University of Hawaii as an independent
21   and autonomous agency separate from other agencies in the state
22   administration; now, therefore,
23   
24        BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
25   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
26   of 1999, the Senate concurring, that the Legislative Reference
27   Bureau is respectfully requested to initiate recodification of
28   the higher education statutes, with the assistance of the
29   University of Hawaii and the committees in the Legislature
30   whose principal subject matter is higher education; and
31   
32        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Reference
33   Bureau is respectfully requested to submit any proposed
34   legislation to the Legislature twenty days prior to the
35   convening of the 2000 Regular Session; and
36   

 
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 1        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
 2   Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Acting Director of
 3   the Legislative Reference Bureau and the President of the
 4   University of Hawaii.

 
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