STAND. COM. REP. NO.  212-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 31

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 31 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 provide additional resources for fundraising and the promotion of alumni relations by increasing the cap on expenditures the Board of Regents may authorize from the University of Hawaii Tuition and Fees Special Fund for these purposes.

 

     The University of Hawaii System, University of Hawaii Alumni Association, and University of Hawaii Foundation supported this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2012.

 

     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. 31, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 31, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ SCOTT NISHIMOTO, Chair