STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1828-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 1511

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1511, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Clarify that the purpose of the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii is to promote educational, scientific, and literary pursuits through research, training of research personnel, and dissemination of knowledge by publication of research findings; and

(2) Amend laws relating to certain appropriations, exceptions to collective bargaining, purposes and powers, exemptions from state laws, and accountability for the use of funds of the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii to ensure that they are aligned with the stated purpose.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaiʻi. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; University of Hawaiʻi System; and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1511, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1511, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair