Bill Text: HI SB2318 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The University Of Hawaii.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-22 - Referred to HRE/JDC, WAM. [SB2318 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2318-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the university of hawaii.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 304A-105, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a)
The board of regents shall have management and control of the general
affairs, and [exclusive] jurisdiction over the [internal structure,
management, and operation] organization and management of the
university[.] as provided by law.
The board may:
(1) Appoint
a treasurer and other officers as it deems necessary;
(2) Authorize
any officer, elected or appointed by it, to approve and sign on its behalf any
voucher or other document that the board may approve and sign;
(3) Delegate
to the president or the president's designee the authority to render the final
decision in contested case proceedings subject to chapter 91, as it deems
appropriate;
(4) Purchase
or otherwise acquire lands, buildings, appliances, and other property for the
purposes of the university; and
(5) Expend
any sums of money as, from time to time, may be placed at the disposal of the
university from whatever source; provided that notwithstanding any other law to
the contrary, all documents regarding expenditures and changes thereto, made by
the board shall be disclosed in open meetings for the purpose of public
comment; provided further that all expenditure requests, proposals, and any
other budgetary documents used by the board at an open meeting shall be made
available to the public at least six calendar days before the meeting.
All lands, buildings, appliances, and other property so purchased or acquired shall be and remain the property of the university to be used in perpetuity for the benefit of the university. The board, in accordance with this section and other law, shall manage the inventory, equipment, surplus property, and expenditures of the university and, subject to chapter 91, may adopt rules, further controlling and regulating the same."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon ratification of a constitutional amendment to article X, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution and in accordance with article XVII, section 3, of the Hawaii State Constitution to repeal the board of regents of the University of Hawaii's exclusive jurisdiction over the internal structure, management, and operation of the university.
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Report Title:
University of Hawaii; Board of Regents; Autonomy; Limitation
Description:
Limits the autonomy of the board of regents of the University of Hawaii to that provided by law; effective upon ratification of an amendment to article X, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution.
The summary description
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
