STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3127

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 3059

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 3059 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to remove the sunset provision of Act 39, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017 (Act 39), to allow the University of Hawaii to continue deployment of resources and personnel to promote the economic health and diversification of workforce opportunities in the State.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii System and Elemental Excelerator.

 

     Your Committee finds that Act 39, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, provided the University of Hawaii with express statutory authority to enable and facilitate the deployment of university educational and instructional resources, university managerial and fiscal resources, and university personnel to promote the economic health and diversification of workforce opportunities in the State through the commercialization of inventions and discoveries generated by or at the University of Hawaii until June 30, 2021.  This measure makes Act 39 permanent by repealing the sunset date.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3059 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair