STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2613

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2546

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2546, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the form and function of the candidate advisory council for the board of regents of the University of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Regent Candidate Advisory Council of the University of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee finds that although the candidate advisory council for the board of regents has nominated many outstanding appointees to the board of regents, important issues have been raised about the selection process.  It has also become clear that allowing the Governor greater control and involvement in the recruitment and selection process can only enhance the Governor's ability to select nominees to the board of regents.  This measure changes the form and processes of the candidate advisory council to maximize the Governor's ability to appoint qualified persons to the board of regents.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion on the measure; and

 

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2546, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2546, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair