STAND. COM. REP. NO. 233

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 425
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred
H.B. No. 425 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
     PERTAINING TO HIGHER EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize funding for various
capital improvement projects for the University of Hawaii.

     Testimony in support of the bill was received from the
University of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that to provide quality education, the
University of Hawaii's infrastructure must be adequate.  The
projects contained in this bill focus on health, safety, and code
requirements; faculty renewal projects; the completion of on-
going projects; and new projects that are urgently needed.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Increasing funding for Item L (Plans for major CIP
          planning for University of Hawaii - systemwide) from
          $155,000 to $2,300,000 for FY 1999-2000;

     (2)  Adding a total of $4,900,000 for FY 1999-2000 for
          plans, design, construction, and equipment for the
          Institute of Reproductive Biology;


 
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     (3)  Adding a total of $1,135,000 for FY 1999-2000 for the
          construction of football and soccer practice fields;
          and

     (4)  Adding a total of $6,000,000 for FY 1999-2000 for
          plans, design, and construction of a soccer and track
          and field stadium.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report,
your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.
No. 425, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 425, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Higher Education,



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                                   DAVID MORIHARA, Chair