THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
1283 |
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
|
|
STATE OF HAWAII |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TUITION AND FEES SPECIAL FUND.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 304A-2153, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§304A-2153 University of Hawaii tuition and fees special
fund. (a)
There is established the University of Hawaii tuition and fees special
fund into which shall be deposited all revenue collected by the university for
regular, summer, and continuing education credit tuition, tuition-related
course and fee charges, and any other charges to students, except as provided
by law. Moneys deposited into the fund
shall be expended to maintain or improve the university's programs and
operations and shall not be:
(1) Used as a justification for reducing any budget request or allotment to the university unless the university requests such a reduction;
(2) Transferred unless otherwise authorized by the legislature; and
(3) Restricted by the governor or the director of finance without the prior approval of the legislature.
Any
rule, policy, or action of any agency or individual in contravention of this
subsection shall be void as against public policy.
(b) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the
board of regents may authorize expenditures of up to $3,000,000 annually,
excluding in-kind services, from this fund for the purposes of promoting alumni
relations and generating private donations for deposit into the University of
Hawaii Foundation for the purposes of the university. Any expenditure authorized pursuant to this
subsection shall be for a public purpose and shall not be subject to chapters
42F, 103, 103D, and 103F. The university
shall submit a comprehensive report to the legislature detailing the use of any
funds authorized by the board under this subsection no later than twenty days
prior to the convening of each regular session.
The
report shall:
(1) Identify each department of the University of Hawaii Foundation supported by moneys from the fund;
(2) Describe the purposes and activities of each department identified in paragraph (1) and how it participates in fundraising activities and benefits the university;
(3) Provide the total expenditures of each department identified in paragraph (1) by primary expense categories;
(4) Identify all moneys from the fund transferred to any fund of the university and provide a justification of how these moneys are used to benefit the university;
(5) Provide a financial summary of the operating activities of the University of Hawaii Foundation, including revenues and expenditures by major reporting categories; and
(6) Identify amounts and purposes of all expenditures from the University of Hawaii support fund.
(c) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the
university may transfer funds from the University of Hawaii tuition and fees
special fund into the scholarship and assistance special fund established
pursuant to section 304A-2159.
[(d) In estimating its quarterly budget
requirements, each campus of the University of Hawaii shall prepare a plan for
the fiscal year for the operation of each of the programs that it is
responsible for administering. The
operations plan shall be:
(1) In such form and content as the vice president for budget and
finance and chief financial officer of the University of Hawaii may prescribe;
and
(2) Submitted, together with the estimated quarterly budget
requirements, to the vice president for budget and finance and chief financial
officer on such date as the vice president for budget and finance and chief
financial officer may prescribe.
(e) The president and vice president for budget
and finance and chief financial officer of the University of Hawaii:
(1) Shall review the operations plan for each
campus to determine if:
(A) It is consistent with the policy decisions of the board of regents
and appropriations by the legislature;
(B) It reflects proper planning and efficient management methods; and
(C) Appropriations have been made for the planned purpose and will not
be exhausted before the end of the fiscal year;
(2) Shall approve the operations plan for each campus if they determine
that the operations plan meets the requirements of paragraph (1); and
(3) May modify or withhold the planned expenditures of any campus at
any time during the appropriations period.
(f) At the end of each fiscal year, the moneys in
the University of Hawaii tuition and fees special fund for each campus shall
lapse to the credit of program identification number UOH900 (University of
Hawaii, system wide support).]"
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
SECTION
3. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
INTRODUCED BY: |
_____________________________ |
|
BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
University of Hawaii; Tuition and Fees Special Fund
Description:
Repeal the requirement that each UH campus prepare an operations plan, to be reviewed by the President and VP for Budget and Finance and CFO of UH, for each fiscal year. Repeal the requirement that the moneys in the UH Tuition and Fees Special Fund for each UH campus to lapse to the credit of Program ID No. UOH900 (University of Hawaii, system wide support).
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.