Report Title:

UH; Board of Regents

Description:

Changes the number of members on the board of regents. Establishes guidelines on the geographic locations to be represented.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 304-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§304-3 Regents; appointment; tenure; qualifications; meetings. The affairs of the university shall be under the general management and control of the board of regents consisting of [twelve] eleven members, including one student member, who shall be appointed and may be removed by the governor. The members, except for the student member, shall represent geographic areas as follows:

(1) Two members from the county of Hawaii;

(2) Two members from the county of Maui;

(3) One member from the county of Kauai; and

(4) Five members from the city and county of Honolulu.

The term of each member shall be for four years; provided that the term of the student member shall be for two years. Members shall serve staggered terms with no more than three members appointed per year not including replacement members. If a member is removed by the governor, resigns, or is unable to serve out the member's term, a replacement member shall be appointed to serve the remainder of the term. The replacement member shall represent the same area as the original member. No member shall serve more than two consecutive terms; provided that a member who serves part of another member's term shall subsequently be eligible to serve two full terms. Except as otherwise provided by statute, state officers shall be eligible to appointment and membership. Every member may serve beyond the expiration date of the member's term of appointment until the member's successor has been appointed and has qualified. The board [shall], at its first meeting after June 30, shall elect a chairperson and vice-chairperson, who shall serve until adjournment of its first meeting after June 30 of the next year or thereafter until their successors are appointed and have qualified and whose election shall be immediately certified by the board to the chief election officer. The board shall appoint a secretary, who shall not be a member of the board. The president of the university shall act as executive officer of the board. The board shall meet not less often than ten times annually[,] and may meet, from time to time [meet], in each of the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai.

The members of the board shall serve without pay but shall be entitled to their traveling expenses within the State when attending meetings of the board or when actually engaged in business relating to the work of the board."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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