STAND. COM. REP. NO.  193-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1654

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1654 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to help ensure that repair and maintenance projects, including deferred maintenance projects, at University of Hawaii campuses are completed in a timely and cost-efficient manner by establishing:

 

(1)  The Campus Facility Board to evaluate, identify, prioritize, and allocate funds appropriated by the Legislature for repair and maintenance; and

 

(2)  A temporary University of Hawaii Repair and Maintenance Expenditure Oversight Commission for fiscal year 2014-2015.

 

     A concerned individual supported this measure.  The University of Hawaii and Department of Accounting and General Services opposed this measure.

 


     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Requiring the Campus Facility Board to include in its annual report:

 

          (A)  The total amount of funds budgeted for repair and maintenance;

 

          (B)  The total amount of funds spent on repair and maintenance;

 

          (C)  An evaluation and inventory of any deferred maintenance backlog;

 

          (D)  A report detailing all projects over $5,000,000 that were delayed or experienced cost overruns, which must also be submitted to the University of Hawaii Office of Internal Audit; and

 

          (E)  The overall state of campus facilities;

 

     (2)  Requiring the Campus Facility Board to evaluate and identify all amounts appropriated by the Legislature for repair and maintenance as part of its duties;

 

     (3)  Adding a member of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents to the Campus Facility Board;

 

     (4)  Deleting provisions establishing the temporary University of Hawaii Repair and Maintenance Expenditure Oversight Commission;

 

     (5)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2525, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (6)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for 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 H.B. No. 1654, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1654, 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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ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair