STAND. COM. REP. NO. 130-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2063
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred
H.B. No. 2063 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify the source of funding
to pay for benefits for certain University of Hawaii employees.

     Specifically, this bill requires that employer contributions
of retirement and health insurance benefits for employees whose
base salaries are funded through the University of Hawaii tuition
and fees special fund be paid from the state general fund.

     Your Committee finds that deploying the special fund
revenues to finance the retirement and health benefits of
university employees works a financial hardship upon students.

     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. 2063 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Finance.


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



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                                   DAVID MORIHARA, Chair

 
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