STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1297

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 504

      S.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 504, S.D. 2, 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 support energy efficiency by appropriating funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH-Manoa) to establish a sustainability internship program as part of the Sustainable Saunders project.

 

     The Associated Students of the UH-Manoa, InterfaceFLOR LLC, Zero Emissions Leasing LLC, and many concerned individuals supported this bill.  The University of Hawaii offered comments.

 

     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 S.B. No. 504, S.D. 2, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair