STAND. COM. REP. NO. 749

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 904

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 904, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow the University of Hawaii to manage all real property owned, leased, or under its control in accordance with the law.

Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the University of Hawaii. Testimony in opposition to the measure was submitted by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Sierra Club-Hawaii Chapter, Mauna Kea Anaina Hou, and KAHEA.

Under current law, the University of Hawaii is authorized to manage its inventory, equipment, surplus property, and expenditures, according to law, and to adopt rules to control and regulate them. This measure clarifies that the University of Hawaii's management authority, as provided by law, extends to the real property owned, leased, or under its control. Your Committee notes that in the absence of enabling legislation, the authority of the University of Hawaii to manage its real property holdings may not include the right to exercise law enforcement related duties and powers.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 904, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,

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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair