HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

115

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013

H.D. 3

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


PART i

     Section 1.  The legislature finds that the University of Hawaii currently has a backlog of deferred repair and maintenance projects totaling over $484,000,000.  Simply complying with building code and health and safety requirements across all campuses of the University of Hawaii will cost over $38,000,000 in fiscal year 2013-2014 and an additional $38,000,000 in fiscal year 2014-2015.  These costs do not include the additional $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 in repair and maintenance costs necessary to maintain all of the university campuses yearly.

     The legislature further finds that eighty-five thousand students use facilities at university campuses systemwide.  It is essential to the future of the University of Hawaii and its students and faculty that a safe and proper learning environment be provided and maintained.

     The legislature declares that the backlog of deferred repair and maintenance projects of the University of Hawaii system is a matter of statewide concern and therefore subject to the purview of the legislature pursuant to article X, section 6, of the Hawaii state constitution.  Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to establish a means to fund necessary repair and maintenance projects at University of Hawaii campuses statewide.

PART II

     SECTION 2.  Chapter 304A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

     1.  By adding a new subpart to part VI, to be appropriately designated and to read:

"   . CAMPUS PLANNING FACILITY BOARD

     §304A-A  Campus planning facility board; established.  (a)  There is established within the University of Hawaii a campus planning facility board that shall consist of the chancellors from each campus of the university or the chancellor's designee.

     (b)  The campus planning facility board shall evaluate, identify, prioritize, and allocate moneys from the major repairs and replacement special fund established under section 304A-B to fund repair and maintenance projects of the university.

     (c)  The campus planning facility board shall submit to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular legislative session a report that includes:

     (1)  A schedule showing all sources of funds of the major repairs and replacement special fund established under section 304A-B, all amounts deposited into the special fund, and the dates such amounts were deposited;

     (2)  A schedule showing all repair and maintenance project expenses by project, including all work in progress as applicable;

     (3)  A schedule showing all projects completed in the previous year, including the final cost for each completed project; and

     (4)  An updated list detailing all remaining repair and maintenance projects on all university campuses statewide.

     (d)  The campus planning facility board shall adopt rules without regard to chapter 91 to effectuate this section and to administer the major repairs and replacement special fund."

     2.  By adding a new section to part V, subpart C, to be appropriately designated and to read:

     "§304A-B  Major repairs and replacement special fund; major repairs and replacement fee; established.  (a)  There is established the major repairs and replacement special fund, into which shall be deposited:

     (1)  Beginning July 1, 2017, moneys collected from the major repairs and replacement fee, which shall consist of five per cent of all gross revenues received by the University of Hawaii, except as provided by law; provided that for the purposes of the major repairs and replacement fee, revenues shall be considered received immediately upon receipt, whether constructive or actual, of such revenues by the university; provided further that no amounts from special funds from which repair and maintenance costs are already funded shall be included in the total gross revenue amount;

     (2)  Appropriations by the legislature to the special fund; and

     (3)  Gifts, donations, and grants from public agencies and private persons.

     (b)  The major repairs and replacement fee shall be deducted from gross revenues and deposited into the major repairs and replacement special fund on June 30 of each year.      (c)  The major repairs and replacement special fund shall be used solely to fund repair and maintenance projects on the university's backlog list that have been approved for funding by the campus planning facility board and that have an estimated useful life of no less than two years.

     (d)  The major repairs and replacement special fund shall be administered by the campus planning facility board established pursuant to section 304A-A."

PART III

     SECTION 3.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the director of finance shall deduct the following amounts from all special funds of the University of Hawaii:

     (1)  Ten per cent of the balances of all special funds for fiscal year 2014-2015; and

     (2)  Ten per cent of the balances of all special funds for fiscal year 2015-2016,

which deductions shall be transferred and deposited into the major repairs and replacement special fund established under section 304A-B, Hawaii Revised Statutes; provided that no funds shall be deducted from special funds from which repair and maintenance costs are already funded; provided further that this transfer of funds shall not apply to any trust, special, or revolving fund of the University of Hawaii for which federal or state law prohibits such a transfer.  All officers of the State and other persons having power to allocate or disburse any special funds shall cooperate with the director of finance in effectuating these transfers.

PART IV

     SECTION 4.  The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $         or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2013-2014, the revenues of which shall be deposited into the major repairs and replacement special fund established under section 304A-B, Hawaii Revised Statutes; provided that proceeds from the issuance of such bonds shall be expended only upon projects that serve a public purpose.

     SECTION 5.  The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $         or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2014-2015, the revenues of which shall be deposited into the major repairs and replacement special fund established under section 304A-B, Hawaii Revised Statutes; provided that proceeds from the issuance of such bonds shall be expended only upon projects that serve a public purpose.

     SECTION 6.  There is appropriated out of the major repairs and replacement special fund the sum of $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2013-2014 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014-2015 for the purpose of funding repair and maintenance projects of the University of Hawaii pursuant to sections 304A-A and 304A-B, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the University of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.

PART V

     SECTION 7.  In codifying the new sections added by section 2 of this Act, the revisor of statutes shall substitute appropriate section numbers for the letters used in designating the new sections in this Act.

     SECTION 8.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 9.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2013.



 

Report Title:

University of Hawaii; Repair and Maintenance; Bonds

 

Description:

Establishes the Campus Planning Facility Board and the Major Repairs and Replacement Special Fund to address University repairs and maintenance.  Transfers special fund moneys to the new special fund.  Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds.  Effective July 1, 2013.  (HB115 HD3)

 

 

 

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