STAND. COM. REP. NO.  741-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1855

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1855, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to help ensure the fiscal sustainability of the University of Hawaii at West Oahu by prohibiting the sale or gift of land currently being used for the permanent campus of the University of Hawaii at West Oahu without the prior consent of the Legislature by concurrent resolution.

 

     The University of Hawaii provided testimony in opposition to this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1855, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair