STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1175

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1299
                                     S.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred
S.B. No. 1299, S.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROGRAM EXECUTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to streamline University of
Hawaii (University) operations by removing the requirement to
report each position or fund transfer in quarterly reports to the
Governor and annual reports to the Legislature.

     The University submitted testimony in support of the bill.
The Department of Budget and Finance submitted comments.

     This reporting requirement was instituted in 1986 as part of
the Legislature's policy to grant management flexibility to the
University of Hawaii, under Act 320, Session Laws of Hawaii 1986.
As further flexibility was granted to the University, the
reporting requirement has proven to be duplicative and
unnecessary, especially since no other executive department is
held to such a requirement.  Your Committee finds that any
University budget transfer may be explained by notations on
allotment documents processed by the Department of Budget and
Finance and are usually submitted to the Legislature for
information purposes.

     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 S.B.

 
 
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No. 1299, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading, 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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                                   DAVID MORIHARA, Chair