STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2039

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2386

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2386 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM PROJECT ASSESSMENT SPECIAL FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish the University of Hawaii capital improvements program project assessment special fund to defray costs of administering the University of Hawaii's capital improvements projects.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the University of Hawaii System.  The Department of Budget and Finance submitted concerns.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Department of Accounting and General Services, the Department of Education, and other agencies have established special funds for the purpose of amortizing certain expenses, such as printing costs and travel costs, against the projects for which they are used, and that the University of Hawaii similarly should be allowed to establish a capital improvements program project assessment special fund to facilitate the administration of its capital improvements projects.

 

     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. 2386 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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JILL TOKUDA, Chair