CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 146

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    H.B. No. 541

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 541, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TUITION AND FEES SPECIAL FUND,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to:

(1)  Require each University of Hawaii (UH) campus to prepare a plan for the operation of each program the campus is responsible for administering for each fiscal year;

(2)  Authorize the UH Vice President for Budget and Finance and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to establish the form and content of the operations plan;

(3)  Require the UH President and CFO to review and approve the operations plan for each campus, and modify or withhold the planned expenditures of any campus during the appropriations period upon determination by the CFO that the expenditures are in excess of actual need or the funds will be insufficient to meet expenditure levels; and

(4)  Specify that moneys in the University of Hawaii Tuition and Fees Special Fund for each campus shall lapse to the credit of Program ID No. UOH900 (University of Hawaii, System Wide Support).

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1)  Authorizing, rather than requiring, the UH President and CFO to modify or withhold the planned expenditures of any campus during the appropriations period, and not contingent upon any determination by the CFO;

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2015; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 541, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 541, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE	ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE
__________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair	____________________________ ISAAC W. CHOY, Co-Chair
__________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Co-Chair	____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Co-Chair