Bill Text: HI SB757 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The University Of Hawaii.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-08 - Referred to HED, LMG, FIN, referral sheet 35 [SB757 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB757-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. (a) The auditor, with regard to the University of Hawaii's activities related to Mauna Kea, shall:
(1) Conduct a financial audit of the office of Mauna Kea management, reviewing all revenues and expenditures, the Mauna Kea land management special fund, commercial tour operations, and all appropriations from the University of Hawaii at Hilo for operations and staffing for the period of 2010 through 2017;
(2) Conduct a performance audit of the research corporation of the University of Hawaii, as it relates to the Mauna Kea observatory support services and the Mauna Kea observatories and all grants, revenues, expenditures, and funding of personnel, as it relates to those organizations, evaluating its efficiency and whether or not they are effectively utilizing best practice operations;
(3) Conduct a performance audit on the University of Hawaii system, limited to the legal affairs and the university general counsel office, as it relates to all revenues and expenditures associated with the research and training revolving fund, as it relates to Mauna Kea since 2010, as well as determining whether or not patents and revenue-generating patents exist, as it relates to scientific technologies associated with the international observatories and the University of Hawaii institute for astronomy, as a result of ground-based astronomical observations and discoveries; and
(4) Conduct an organizational management structure audit of the multiple governmental and non-governmental agencies and entities that have jurisdictional authority on Mauna Kea, evaluating its efficiency and whether or not they are effectively utilizing best practice operations and have clear lines of authority.
(b) The auditor shall have all the powers established pursuant to chapter 23, Hawaii Revised Statutes, including the power to subpoena any related licenses, grants, commercial activities, patents, intellectual property, and astronomical observation time at the University of Hawaii related to Mauna Kea, and anyone who has a financial interest in Mauna Kea permitted by state law.
SECTION 2. The auditor shall submit a report of its findings and any recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2020.
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $200,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the auditor to conduct the audit of the University of Hawaii's activities related to Mauna Kea pursuant to this Act.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of the auditor for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
UH; Mauna Kea; Audit; Appropriation
Description:
Requires the Auditor to conduct a financial, performance, and management audit of the University of Hawaii's activities related to Mauna Kea. Requires the Auditor to submit a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (SD2)
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