STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1068

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 904

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 904, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the University of Hawaii (UH) to manage any real property owned, leased, or otherwise under its control, and to adopt rules to control or regulate public activity on this property.

UH and the Department of Land and Natural Resources testified in support of this bill. The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Hawaii, Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce, and a concerned individual supported this measure with amendments. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Mauna Kea Anaina Hou, Royal Order of Kamehameha I, KAHEA, and numerous concerned individuals opposed this bill.

Your Committee notes that serious concerns have been raised by several members of the Committee and numerous testifiers regarding the implications of this bill. Your Committee has expressed a strong interest in studying these issues more in-depth.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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. No. 904, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 904, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Hawaiian Affairs.

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

 

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair