STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1067

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1386

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1386, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to help increase the efficiency of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents by requiring the election of up to two vice-chairpersons, in addition to the chairperson, at a meeting preceding July 1.

 

     The University of Hawaii Board of Regents supported this bill with amendments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Including additional housekeeping amendments to repeal provisions concerning the Board of Regents Candidate Advisory Council which are now moot; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 1386, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1386, S.D. 1, 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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SCOTT NISHIMOTO, Chair