Hawaii Revised Statutes 304a. University of Hawaii System

PART I. SYSTEM STRUCTURE
A. General and Administrative Provisions

• 304a-101 Establishment; Available to All.
  There shall be a University of Hawaii that shall consist of such colleges and departments as may from time to time be established. As...
• 304a-102 Purposes of the University.
  The purposes of the university are to give thorough instruction and conduct research in, and disseminate knowledge of, agriculture, mechanic arts, mathematical, physical, natural,...
• 304a-103 University to Be Public Corporation; General Powers.
  The University of Hawaii is established as the state university and is constituted as a body corporate. The university, under the direction of the...
• 304a-104 Regents; Appointment; Tenure; Qualifications; Meetings.
  (a) The affairs of the university shall be under the general management and control of the board of regents. The board shall consist of...
• 304a-104.5 Repealed.
  L 2013, c 72, §4.
• 304a-104.6 Candidate Advisory Council for the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii.
  (a) The candidate advisory council for the board of regents of the University of Hawaii shall recruit, evaluate, and present to the governor qualified candidates...
• 304a-105 Powers of Regents; Official Name.
  (a) The board of regents shall have management and control of the general affairs, and exclusive jurisdiction over the internal structure, management, and operation...
• 304a-106 Gifts; Investment Authority.
  (a) The board of regents may receive, manage, and invest moneys or other property, real, personal, or mixed, which may be given, bequeathed, devised,...
• 304a-107 Loans; Advances.
  The university may borrow, from time to time from the state treasury, sums that in the aggregate shall not exceed $100,000, and the director...
• 304a-108 Suits.
  (a) The university may sue and be sued in its corporate name. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all claims arising out of...
• 304a-109 Service of Process.
  (a) Service of process upon the university shall be made by serving a filed and certified copy of the summons and of the complaint...
• 304a-110 Indemnification.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the board of regents may agree in writing to an indemnity provision by which the university agrees...
• 304a-111 Indemnification of Collaborating Institutions.
  (a) The board of regents may indemnify collaborating institutions from claims arising against them for the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the university's...
• 304a-112 Contracts for Services Provided by the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii.
  (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, when the university determines that neither the university nor another state agency can more effectively or efficiently...
• 304a-113 Commercial Enterprises.
  Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the university may engage in commercial enterprises that are related and incidental to the primary purposes of the university...
• 304a-114 Hawaii History.
  The board of regents shall secure the compilation from all available sources and the publication of a revised history of the Hawaiian people; which...
• 304a-115 Depository of War Records.
  The university is designated as the official depository of material, documents, photographs, and other data relating to Hawaii's part in the war between the...
• 304a-116 Child Care Programs.
  (a) The university may establish child care programs through which one or more child care programs for each campus of the university system may...
• 304a-117 Participation and Membership in the Western Governors University and Other Educational Consortia.
  The board of regents may participate in and perform any act related to membership in an educational consortium involving other institutions or jurisdictions that...
• 304a-118 Graduation Pathway System.
  (a) The university shall provide guidance to students to increase the rate of on-time graduation. In providing such guidance, the university shall develop a...
• 304a-119 University of Hawaii; Net-Zero Energy Goal.
  (a) The University of Hawaii shall establish a collective goal of becoming net-zero with respect to energy use, producing as much energy as the...

B. Agriculture

• 304a-201 Soil Conservation; Policy.
  Charcoal additives, soil nutrient enhancement research, phase 1. L 2007, c 266. Industrial hemp remediation and biofuel crop research program; report to 2016 legislature...
• 304a-202 Board to Act As Agency.
  Charcoal additives, soil nutrient enhancement research, phase 1. L 2007, c 266. Industrial hemp remediation and biofuel crop research program; report to 2016 legislature...
• 304a-203 Powers and Duties of Agency.
  Charcoal additives, soil nutrient enhancement research, phase 1. L 2007, c 266. Industrial hemp remediation and biofuel crop research program; report to 2016 legislature...
• 304a-204 Specialist in Cooperative Organizations.
  Charcoal additives, soil nutrient enhancement research, phase 1. L 2007, c 266. Industrial hemp remediation and biofuel crop research program; report to 2016 legislature...
• 304a-205 Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management Program, University of Hawaii At Hilo.
  Charcoal additives, soil nutrient enhancement research, phase 1. L 2007, c 266. Industrial hemp remediation and biofuel crop research program; report to 2016 legislature...

C. Career and Technical Education Under Federal Aid

• 304a-301 State Board for Career and Technical Education; Designation.
  The board of regents is designated as the state board for career and technical education. The chairperson of the board of regents is designated...
• 304a-302 Board's Power and Authority.
  The board may cooperate with the United States Department of Education in the administration of the provisions of the Acts of Congress mentioned in...
• 304a-303 Career and Technical Education Coordinating Advisory Council.
  (a) There is established a career and technical education coordinating advisory council which shall serve in an advisory capacity to the board of regents....

D. Independent Audit Committee

• 304a-321 Independent Audit Committee; Established; Powers; Duties.
  (a) There is established within the board of regents of the University of Hawaii an advisory body to be known as the independent audit...

PART II. STUDENTS
A. Tuition and Fees

• 304a-401 Tuition Fees; Resident, Nonresident; Other Fees.
  (a) The board of regents may charge resident and nonresident tuition fees for regular courses of instruction at any University of Hawaii campus, including...
• 304a-402 Residence for Tuition Purposes; Basic Rule.
  The board of regents shall adopt the necessary rules defining residence for tuition purposes herein; provided that the basic rule shall be that a...
• 304a-403 Public Meetings Exemption.
  In establishing the resident tuition fees and the differential fees for nonresident students, the board of regents shall be exempt from the public notice,...

B. Scholarship and Assistance Programs

• 304a-501 University of Hawaii Scholarship and Assistance Program; Power of Regents to Grant Scholarship and Assistance.
  The board of regents, or its designated representatives, is authorized to grant, modify, or suspend scholarship and assistance. The board may exercise this authority...
• 304a-502 Power of Regents to Grant Tuition Waivers.
  The board of regents, or its designated representatives, is authorized to grant, modify, or suspend tuition waivers. The board may: (1) Waive entirely or...
• 304a-503 Hawaii Opportunity Program in Education.
  There is established the Hawaii opportunity program in education (HOPE) to be placed within the University of Hawaii for administrative purposes to support financially...
• 304a-504 Hawaii State Scholars Program
  . (a) There is established the Hawaii state scholars program to be administered by the University of Hawaii. This program shall be used to provide...
• 304a-505 Workforce Development Scholarship Program.
  (a) There is established the workforce development scholarship program to be administered by the University of Hawaii to address projected shortfalls in and needs...

C. State Higher Education Loans

• 304a-601 State Higher Education Loans; Eligibility; Amounts.
  Eligibility for loans from the state higher education loan fund established under section [304A-2160] shall be limited to students at the University of Hawaii...
• 304a-602 Repayment of State Higher Education Loans; Collection.
  (a) All loans made under the state higher education loan fund shall bear interest at five per cent simple interest. Repayment of principal and...
• 304a-603 Capacity of Minors in Qualifying for State Higher Education Loans.
  Any student otherwise qualifying for a loan under the state higher education loan fund shall not be disqualified because the student is under the...
• 304a-604 Rules Governing State Higher Education Loan Fund.
  The board of regents shall have the power, in accordance with chapter 91, to adopt rules necessary for the administration of the state higher...

D. Hawaii Educator Loans

• 304a-701 Hawaii Educator Loans; Eligibility; Amounts; Educator Loan Forgiveness Program; Repayment; Collection.
  (a) There is created the Hawaii educator loan program to be administered by the University of Hawaii, in partnership with a financial institution whose...
• 304a-702 Repealed.
  L 2007, c 273, §3.
• 304a-703 Capacity of Minors in Qualifying for Hawaii Educator Loans.
  Any student otherwise qualifying for a loan under the Hawaii educator loan program revolving fund shall not be disqualified because the student is under...
• 304a-704 Rules Governing Hawaii Educator Loan Program Revolving Fund.
  The university may adopt rules to implement the Hawaii educator loan program. The rules shall be adopted pursuant to chapter 91 but shall be...

E. Educational Opportunities

• 304a-801 Program of Equal Educational Opportunity; Coordinating Office of Educational Services for the Disadvantaged.
  (a) There is established a program of equal educational opportunity as an integral and major program of the university. The university shall provide monetary...
• 304a-802 College-Credit Equivalency Program Established; Purpose; Policies and Procedures; Eligibility.
  (a) There is established at the university and the community colleges a college-credit equivalency program. The purpose of this program is to award college...
• 304a-803 Dual Credit Program.
  (a) There is established within the department of education the dual credit program, to allow eligible students to enroll in any qualified course offered...

F. CONTINUING EDUCATION

• 304a-901 Tuberculosis Clearance Certification; Exemption.
  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person wishing to enroll at a campus within the University of Hawaii system solely to participate in...

PART III. UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL
A. Positions and Compensation

• 304a-1001 Exempt Personnel.
  Personnel of the university not subject to chapter 76 shall be under the direction of the president of the University of Hawaii. The board...
• 304a-1002 Faculty; Classification Schedule.
  The board of regents shall classify all members of the faculty of the university including research workers, extension agents, and all personnel engaged in...
• 304a-1003 Faculty Members; Exchange Privileges; Conditions.
  (a) The board of regents may contract for the exchange of members of the faculty of the university with members of the faculties of...
• 304a-1004 Annual Report; Executive, Managerial, and Faculty Salaries.
  The board of regents shall submit an annual report to the legislature containing the salaries paid to all executive, managerial, and faculty members of...
• 304a-1005 University General Counsel.
  (a) The board of regents may appoint or retain by contract one or more attorneys who are independent of the attorney general, to provide...
• 304a-1006 Compensation of Education Laboratory School Cafeteria Personnel.
  The compensation of all cafeteria workers and the cafeteria manager at the education laboratory school cafeteria, or any successor organization or unit, shall be...

PART IV. DIVISIONS, DEPARTMENTS, AND PROGRAMS
A. Community Colleges
1. general provisions

• 304a-1101 System of Community Colleges; Purpose.
  Subdivision heading added by revisor. [§304A-1101] System of community colleges; purpose. (a) The board of regents shall develop and administer a system of community...
• 304a-1102 Powers of Board.
  Subdivision heading added by revisor. [§304A-1102] Powers of board. The board of regents shall have authority to establish and govern community colleges. The board...

2. construction academy

• 304a-1141 Purpose
  This subdivision was enacted as an addition to repealed chapter 305, but is codified to this chapter pursuant to L 2006, c 75, §18....
• 304a-1142 Program; Establishment.
  This subdivision was enacted as an addition to repealed chapter 305, but is codified to this chapter pursuant to L 2006, c 75, §18....
• 304a-1143 Administration.
  This subdivision was enacted as an addition to repealed chapter 305, but is codified to this chapter pursuant to L 2006, c 75, §18....
• 304a-1144 Annual Report.
  This subdivision was enacted as an addition to repealed chapter 305, but is codified to this chapter pursuant to L 2006, c 75, §18....

B. Teacher Education: College

• 304a-1201 College of Education
  . The college of education shall be affiliated with the university and shall be under the jurisdiction and management of the board of regents. The...
• 304a-1202 Teacher Education Coordinating Committee.
  (a) There is created an advisory committee to be known as the teacher education coordinating committee to identify, study, take action, or make recommendations...
• 304a-1203 Repealed.
  L 2010, c 25, §1.

C. Hawaiian Language College

• 304a-1301 Hawaiian Language College; Establishment.
  There shall be a Hawaiian language college at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. The college shall provide a Hawaiian liberal education program providing...
• 304a-1302 Functions.
  In addition to providing a quality education primarily through the medium of the Hawaiian language, the Hawaiian language college shall: (1) Provide an indigenous...

D. School of Law

• 304a-1351 Law School; Establishment.
  There shall be a school of law at the University of Hawaii, to be under the direction of a dean or director who shall...
• 304a-1352 Procurement Institute; Established.
  There is established the procurement institute at the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, to be under the direction of a...

E. Nursing and Dental Hygiene: School; Center

• 304a-1401 School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene; Establishment.
  There shall be a school of nursing and dental hygiene as a department of the university, with such management, faculty, and other personnel as...
• 304a-1402 School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene; Functions.
  The school of nursing and dental hygiene shall conduct a complete course in nursing leading to the conferring of an appropriate bachelor's degree upon graduation...
• 304a-1403 Clinical Training and Practice; Board of Regents; Power to Contract.
  The board of regents may enter into contracts with any hospital or similar institution, in the State, for the purpose of arranging for clinical training...
• 304a-1404 Center for Nursing; Establishment; Advisory Board.
  (a) There is established, within the University of Hawaii school of nursing and dental hygiene, a center for nursing. (b) The dean of the...
• 304a-1405 Advisory Board for the Center for Nursing; Powers and Duties
  . The advisory board for the center for nursing shall have the powers and duty to: (1) Elect a chairperson; (2) Establish committees of the...
• 304a-1406 Center for Nursing; Functions.
  The center for nursing shall: (1) Collect and analyze data and prepare and disseminate written reports and recommendations regarding the current and future status...
• 304a-1407 Collaboration With the Center for Nursing
  . The University of Hawaii school of nursing and dental hygiene, the state board of nursing, other schools of nursing within the State, professional nursing...

F. Hawaii Geophysics and Planetology Institute

• 304a-1501 Hawaii Geophysics and Planetology Institute; Director and Staff.
  There shall be a Hawaii geophysics and planetology institute at the university. The institute shall be administered by a director to be appointed by...
• 304a-1502 State Geophysicists.
  The staff of the geophysics and planetology institute shall include a specialist qualified in geology and a specialist qualified in volcanology, or a specialist...
• 304a-1503 Encouragement of Federal Assistance.
  The governor, the president, and the board of regents are authorized and requested to take any appropriate action to secure federal assistance in strengthening...

G. Environmental Center

• 304a-1551 Environmental Center; Structure and Functions.
  (a) There is created within the university an environmental center. The center shall assist the director of environmental quality control as provided for under...

H. Center for Labor Education and Research

• 304a-1601 Center for Labor Education and Research; Establishment.
  (a) There is established at the University of Hawaii, West Oahu campus, the center for labor education and research. The center for labor education...
• 304a-1602 Center for Labor Education and Research; Functions and Programs.
  (a) In consultation with the labor education advisory council, the center for labor education and research shall: (1) Coordinate, arrange for, or conduct evaluation...
• 304a-1603 Labor Education Advisory Council.
  There is established a labor education advisory council, consisting of not more than fifteen members, broadly representative of the trade union movement in the...

I. Aquarium and Marine Laboratory

• 304a-1651 State Aquarium.
  (a) The Waikiki aquarium is established and designated as the official state aquarium. (b) The university may contract with a private nonprofit entity for...
• 304a-1652 State Aquarium; Site.
  All those certain pieces or parcels of land situated at Waikiki, city and county of Honolulu, used as an aquarium and more fully described...
• 304a-1653 State Aquarium Admission and User Fees.
  The board of regents may charge the public a fee for admission to the aquarium and for the use of aquarium facilities and programs....

J. Medical Education Council

• 304a-1701 Definitions.
  As used in this subpart: "Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services" means the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services within the United States Department...
• 304a-1702 Graduate Medical Education Program.
  (a) There is created a graduate medical education program to be administered by the medical education council in cooperation with the department of health. (b)...
• 304a-1703 Medical Education Council.
  (a) There is established within the University of Hawaii, the medical education council consisting of the following thirteen members: (1) The dean of the...
• 304a-1704 Council Duties.
  The medical education council shall: (1) Conduct a comprehensive analysis of the healthcare workforce requirements of the State for the present and the future,...
• 304a-1705 Council Powers.
  The medical education council may: (1) Conduct surveys, with the assistance of the department of health and the department of commerce and consumer affairs,...

K. Special Medical Residency Program

• 304a-1751 Findings and Purpose.
  Hawaii health corps, see chapter 309H. [§304A-1751] Findings and purpose. The legislature finds that the limited supply of physicians and the attractiveness of private...
• 304a-1752 Qualifications for Residency Program.
  Hawaii health corps, see chapter 309H. §304A-1752 Qualifications for residency program. The school of medicine of the University of Hawaii shall recommend that two...
• 304a-1753 Contract Necessary for Filling of Positions.
  Hawaii health corps, see chapter 309H. §304A-1753 Contract necessary for filling of positions. In order to fill a position under this subpart, a person...
• 304a-1754 Penalty for Breach of Contract.
  Hawaii health corps, see chapter 309H. §304A-1754 Penalty for breach of contract. A person who is placed in the residency program under this subpart,...
• 304a-1755 Residency Program; Defined.
  Hawaii health corps, see chapter 309H. §304A-1755 Residency program; defined. For the purpose of this subpart, "residency program" means a graduate medical education program...

L. Other Special Medical or Nursing Programs

• 304a-1801 Family Practice Residency Program; Established.
  (a) The school of medicine of the University of Hawaii shall develop an accredited family practice residency program with a curriculum that includes opportunities for...
• 304a-1802 International Exchange Program for Health-Related Tourism.
  There is established an international exchange program for medical and nursing students within the school of medicine of the University of Hawaii and the...

M. Other Special Programs

• 304a-1851 Food and Beverage; Courses of Instruction.
  Chapter 281 or any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the university may offer and conduct courses of instruction in food and beverage control,...
• 304a-1861 Fostering Inspiration and Relevance Through Science and Technology Pre-Academy Program; Established.
  (a) There is established within the University of Hawaii, the fostering inspiration and relevance through science and technology pre-academy program, which shall be administered...
• 304a-1862 Robotics and Problem-Based, Applied Learning Program; Established.
  (a) There is established within the University of Hawaii the robotics and problem-based, applied learning program, which shall be administered by the University of...
• 304a-1863 Research Experiences for Teachers Program; Established.
  (a) There is established within the University of Hawaii the research experiences for teachers program, which shall be administered by the University of Hawaii...
• 304a-1864 `Ulu`ulu: the Henry Ku`ualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawai`i.
  `Ulu`ulu: The Henry Ku`ualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawai`i is designated as the official state archive for moving images. The qualifying standards and...

N. Hawaii Natural Energy Institute

• 304a-1891 Hawaii Natural Energy Institute; Structure; Function.
  (a) There is established the Hawaii natural energy institute at the University of Hawaii. The institute shall be administered by a director to be appointed...
• 304a-1892 Advisory Council to Hawaii Natural Energy Institute.
  (a) The institute shall establish an advisory council of seven members, appointed by the president from a list of nominees submitted by the director...
• 304a-1893 Repealed.
  L 2007, c 253, §8; L 2012, c 151, §1.
• 304a-1893.1 Periodic Evaluation.
  (a) Evaluations shall be conducted of the projects and activities funded by the energy systems development special fund. Using objective criteria, the evaluation shall...
• 304a-1894 Repealed.
  L 2007, c 253, §8; L 2012, c 151, §1.
• 304a-1894.1 Plan of Action.
  Prior to the initiation of any projects or activities authorized by section 304A-2169.1, the Hawaii natural energy institute shall develop a plan of action...

O. Mauna Kea Lands

• 304a-1901 Definitions.
  As used in this subpart: "Board of regents" means the board of regents of the University of Hawaii. "Fees" includes rents on leases of Mauna...
• 304a-1902 Mauna Kea Lands; Fees; Lease Agreements.
  (a) The board of regents may charge a fee for use of the Mauna Kea lands and for the use of facilities and programs related...
• 304a-1903 Mauna Kea Lands[;] Rules.
  The board of regents may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to regulate public and commercial activities on Mauna Kea lands. In adopting these rules,...
• 304a-1904 Violations; Penalties; Costs; Collection.
  (a) In consultation with the office of Hawaiian affairs, the board of regents may set and provide for the assessment and collection of administrative...
• 304a-1905 Mauna Kea Lands; Reporting Requirements.
  The board of regents shall report annually to the legislature, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session, on...

PART V. FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
A. Budget Preparation and Administration

• 304a-2001 Benchmarks; Annual Budget Requests; Biennial Reports.
  (a) The board of regents shall adopt benchmarks to expand and develop the university to become a statewide campus that provides Hawaii with a...
• 304a-2002 Budget Request Computation; Reporting of Exempt Fees of Scholarship Holders.
  In computing its budget requests, the board of regents shall not show amounts of tuition and registration fees from which holders of scholarships are...
• 304a-2003 Appropriations; Accounts; Depositories.
  Moneys appropriated by the legislature for the university shall be payable by the director of finance, upon vouchers approved by the board of regents...
• 304a-2004 Special and Revolving Funds; Expenditures in Excess of Appropriations.
  In any fiscal year if the amount of revenues deposited into a special or revolving fund of the university exceeds the amount appropriated from...
• 304a-2005 Special and Revolving Funds; Management.
  In managing special and revolving funds under its control, the board of regents shall ensure that: (1) The purposes for which special and revolving...
• 304a-2006 Special and Revolving Funds; Fees and Charges; Public Meetings Exemption.
  In establishing or amending fees or charges that generate receipts for deposit into any University of Hawaii special or revolving fund, the board of...
• 304a-2007 Special and Revolving Funds; Annual Report; Expenditures in Excess of Appropriations.
  (a) The university shall annually provide to the legislature, at least twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session, an itemized account...

B. General Funds

• 304a-2101 General Fund Budget Appropriations; Formulation.
  (a) The general fund budget appropriations for the university shall be an amount not less than three times and not greater than five times...

C. Special Funds

• 304a-2151 University of Hawaii Risk Management Special Fund.
  (a) There is established the University of Hawaii risk management special fund. The following may be deposited into the special fund: (1) Appropriations by...
• 304a-2152 University of Hawaii At Manoa Malpractice Special Fund.
  (a) There is established the University of Hawaii at Manoa malpractice special fund, which shall be used for costs arising from the defense and...
• 304a-2153 University of Hawaii Tuition and Fees Special Fund.
  (a) There is established the University of Hawaii tuition and fees special fund into which shall be deposited all revenue collected by the university...
• 304a-2154 Systemwide Information Technology and Services Special Fund.
  There is established the systemwide information technology and services special fund, from which all moneys shall be used in support of systemwide information technology...
• 304a-2155 Library Special Fund.
  There is established a library special fund for the libraries of the University of Hawaii into which shall be deposited all fines, fees, and...
• 304a-2156 University of Hawaii Community Services Special Fund.
  (a) There is established the University of Hawaii community services special fund. Except as otherwise provided by law, all revenues, including interest, derived and...
• 304a-2157 University of Hawaii Auxiliary Enterprises Special Fund.
  (a) There is established the University of Hawaii auxiliary enterprises special fund. Except as otherwise provided by law, all revenues, including interest, derived and...
• 304a-2158 Repealed.
  L 2011, c 124, §11.
• 304a-2159 University of Hawaii Scholarship and Assistance Special Fund
  . (a) There is established the University of Hawaii scholarship and assistance special fund to be administered by the University of Hawaii. The special fund...
• 304a-2160 State Higher Education Loan Fund.
  There is established a special fund to be known as the state higher education loan fund. The fund shall be a revolving fund and...
• 304a-2161 Renumbered As §304a-2276.
• 304a-2162 Community Colleges Special Fund.
  (a) Section [304A-2003] notwithstanding, there is established a community colleges special fund to receive, disburse, and account for funds of programs and activities of...
• 304a-2163 Center for Nursing Special Fund.
  There is established a center for nursing special fund into which shall be deposited any legislative appropriations, federal or private grants, and any other funds...
• 304a-2164 Repealed.
  L 2015, c 106, §9.
• 304a-2165 State Aquarium Special Fund.
  There is established the state aquarium special fund into which shall be deposited all revenues derived from all fees for admission and all fees...
• 304a-2166 University of Hawaii-West Oahu Special Fund.
  (a) There is established the University of Hawaii-West Oahu special fund. The proceeds of the special fund shall be used for the following purposes:...
• 304a-2167 Repealed.
  L 2007, c 161, §3. Cross References For present provision, see §304A-2167.5.
• 304a-2167.5 University Revenue-Undertakings Fund.
  (a) There is established a special fund for the University of Hawaii to be known as the university revenue-undertakings fund into which all revenue...
• 304a-2168 Hawaii Cancer Research Special Fund.
  (a) There is established within the state treasury a special fund to be known as the Hawaii cancer research special fund to be administered and...
• 304a-2169 Repealed.
  L 2007, c 253, §8; L 2012, c 151, §1.
• 304a-2169.1 Energy Systems Development Special Fund.
  (a) There is established the energy systems development special fund for the purpose of developing an integrated approach to and portfolio management of renewable energy...
• 304a-2170 Mauna Kea Lands Management Special Fund.
  (a) There is established the Mauna Kea lands management special fund, into which shall be deposited: (1) Appropriations by the legislature; (2) All net rents...
• 304a-2171 John A. Burns School of Medicine Special Fund.
  (a) There is established the John A. Burns school of medicine special fund, to be administered and expended by the University of Hawaii. (b) The...
• 304a-2172 University of Hawaii Capital Improvements Program Project Assessment Special Fund.
  (a) There shall be established in the university a special fund to be known as the University of Hawaii capital improvements program project assessment...
• 304a-2173 Child Care Programs Special Fund.
  There is established a child care programs special fund for the operation of child care programs established under section 304A-116 and the construction and...
• 304a-2174 Repealed.
  L 2015, c 106, §12.
• 304a-2175 Repealed.
  L 2015, c 106, §14.
• 304a-2176 University of Hawaii At Manoa Intercollegiate Athletics Special Fund and University of Hawaii At Hilo Intercollegiate Athletics Special Fund.
  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, there are established the University of Hawaii at Manoa intercollegiate athletics special fund and the University of...
• 304a-2177 Repealed.
  L 2015, c 106, §16.
• 304a-2178 University of Hawaii-Hilo Theatre Special Fund.
  There is established the University of Hawaii-Hilo theatre special fund, which shall consist of admissions, advertising sales, corporate sponsorships, marketing, merchandising, donations, fundraising, fees,...
• 304a-2179 Renumbered As §304a-2277.
• 304a-2180 'Ulu'ulu: the Henry Ku'ualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawai'i Special Fund.
  There is established the 'Ulu'ulu: The Henry Ku'ualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawai'i special fund into which shall be deposited any legislative appropriations,...

D. Revolving Funds

• 304a-2251 University of Hawaii Commercial Enterprises Revolving Fund.
  There is established the University of Hawaii commercial enterprises revolving fund into which shall be deposited all revenues derived from the operation of commercial enterprises...
• 304a-2252 Renumbered As §304a-2173.
• 304a-2253 Research and Training Revolving Fund.
  (a) There is established a University of Hawaii research and training revolving fund into which shall be deposited one hundred per cent of the...
• 304a-2254 Renumbered As §304a-2174.
• 304a-2255 Student Health Center Revolving Fund.
  There is established the student health center revolving fund for the student health center from which shall be paid the cost of operations of...
• 304a-2256 Transcript and Diploma Revolving Fund.
  There is established the transcript and diploma revolving fund that shall be used to defray the cost of transcripts and diplomas and that shall...
• 304a-2257 University of Hawaii Student Activities Revolving Fund.
  (a) There is established the University of Hawaii student activities revolving fund into which shall be deposited all funds assessed as compulsory student activity...
• 304a-2258 Repealed.
  L 2011, c 124, §12.
• 304a-2259 Renumbered As §304a-2175.
• 304a-2260 University of Hawaii Graduate Application Revolving Fund.
  There is established the University of Hawaii graduate application revolving fund for graduate program application processing. The board of regents may establish appropriate charges...
• 304a-2261 Renumbered As §304a-2176.
• 304a-2262 Renumbered As §304a-2177.
• 304a-2263 Seed Distribution Program; Revolving Fund.
  There is established the seed distribution program revolving fund, the purpose of which shall be to enable the seed distribution program to operate at...
• 304a-2264 Repealed.
  L 2011, c 124, §13.
• 304a-2265 Repealed.
  L 2011, c 124, §14.
• 304a-2266 Repealed.
  L 2011, c 124, §15.
• 304a-2267 Center for Labor Education and Research Revolving Fund.
  There is established the center for labor education and research revolving fund, for use by the director of the center for labor education and...
• 304a-2268 Repealed.
  L 2015, c 106, §20.
• 304a-2269 Repealed.
  L 2011, c 124, §16.
• 304a-2270 Hawaiian Language College Revolving Fund.
  There is established the Hawaiian language college revolving fund into which revenues from the sale of Hawaiian language materials shall be deposited. Moneys deposited...
• 304a-2271 Renumbered As §304a-2178.
• 304a-2272 Conference Center Revolving Fund; University of Hawaii At Hilo.
  There is established the conference center revolving fund for the conference center program in the college of continuing education and community service of the...
• 304a-2273 Community College Conference Center Revolving Fund.
  (a) There is established the community college conference center revolving fund for conference center programs conducted by the various community colleges. All fees, charges,...
• 304a-2274 University of Hawaii Real Property and Facilities Use Revolving Fund.
  (a) There is established the University of Hawaii real property and facilities use revolving fund into which shall be deposited all revenues collected by...
• 304a-2275 University Parking Revolving Fund.
  There is established the university parking revolving fund. All fees, fines, or other moneys collected under subpart B of part VI shall be deposited...
• 304a-2276 Hawaii Educator Loan Program Revolving Fund.
  There is established the Hawaii educator loan program revolving fund, for the purpose of providing loans pursuant to section 304A-701. Appropriations made by the...
• 304a-2277 Professional Student Exchange Program Revolving Fund.
  (a) There is established a professional student exchange program revolving fund to be administered and expended by the Hawaii commission. (b) The following moneys...

E. Trust Funds

• 304a-2351 Gear Up Hawaii Scholarship Trust Fund.
  (a) The University of Hawaii, in its sole discretion, may establish a charitable trust, recognized as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code...
• 304a-2352 University of Hawaii Workers' Compensation and Unemployment Insurance Compensation Trust Fund.
  There is established the University of Hawaii workers' compensation and unemployment insurance compensation trust fund into which shall be deposited all revenues derived from...
• 304a-2353 Repealed.
  L 2015, c 106, §22.
• 304a-2354 Repealed.
  L 2015, c 106, §24.
• 304a-2355 University of Hawaii Quasi-Endowment Trust Fund.
  There is established the University of Hawaii quasi-endowment trust fund into which shall be deposited income derived from the university's endowment fund. Income deposited...

F. Federal Funds

• 304a-2401 Land-Grant College Aid.
  The State hereby accepts and assents to the terms and provisions of paragraph 14(e) of the Act of Congress, approved July 12, 1960, entitled:...
• 304a-2402 Agricultural Extension Service; Experiment Station.
  The grants of moneys and the purposes of the grants authorized by the Act of Congress approved August 30, 1890, known as the Second...
• 304a-2403 Acceptance of Federal Aid; Career and Technical Education.
  (a) The State accepts, together with the benefits of all respective funds appropriated thereby, all of the provisions of the Act of Congress approved...

PART VI. FACILITIES
A. University Projects--Repealed

• 304a-2501 to 304a-2518 Repealed.
  L 2007, c 161, §4. Cross References For present provisions, see §§304A-2671 to 304A-2689.

B. University Parking

• 304a-2601 Parking; Control by Board of Regents.
  (a) The board of regents may make rules governing the traffic and parking conditions on the roadways and other areas under the jurisdiction of...
• 304a-2602 Fines and Other Penalties.
  The board of regents may enforce its rules by imposing fines not to exceed $100 per violation, or by removing the vehicle of the...
• 304a-2603 Revenue Bonds.
  The board of regents is authorized to issue sufficient amounts of revenue bonds pursuant to [subpart D] for the purpose of providing adequate parking...

C. University Equipment

• 304a-2651 University of Hawaii Equipment.
  The board of regents may define or establish the value, useful life, and any other characteristic of the university's nonexpendable, tangible personal property, for...

D. University Projects and Purposes

• 304a-2671 Definitions and Interpretations.
  Whenever used in this subpart: "Appropriation" means moneys appropriated or allocated by the legislature to the board, the university, any university project, any university...
• 304a-2672 Powers of the Board.
  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the board may: (1) Designate as a university project, any undertaking, improvement, or facility on any one or...
• 304a-2673 Designation and Authorization of University Projects, University Systems, Networks; Authorization of Revenue Bonds.
  The designation and authorization of construction and maintenance of a university project, university system, or network, and the authorization for issuance of revenue bonds under...
• 304a-2674 Revenue Bonds; Details, Sale, Legal Investment.
  (a) Revenue bonds: (1) Shall be issued in the name of the board; (2) May bear interest at a rate payable at such time or...
• 304a-2675 Support Facility for Variable Rate Revenue Bonds.
  If revenue bonds issued pursuant to this subpart are issued bearing interest at a rate that varies from time to time or with a...
• 304a-2676 Cusip Identification Numbers.
  The board may provide that CUSIP identification numbers shall be printed on revenue bonds issued under this subpart. If numbers are printed on any...
• 304a-2677 Covenants in Resolution Authorizing Revenue Bonds.
  Any resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds under this subpart may contain covenants as to: (1) The purpose to which the proceeds of...
• 304a-2678 Execution and Validity of Revenue Bonds.
  Revenue bonds issued under this subpart shall bear the manual signatures or facsimile of the signatures of the chairperson and secretary of the board, and...
• 304a-2679 Pledge of Revenue of the University.
  The resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds may pledge to the payment thereof all or any part of the revenue of the university, and...
• 304a-2680 Payment and Security of Revenue Bonds; Revenue Bonds Not a Debt of the State.
  Revenue bonds issued under this subpart shall be payable from and secured by the revenue of the university pledged to the payment thereof, and the...
• 304a-2681 Imposition of Rates, Rents, Fees, and Charges; Pledge, Allocation of Appropriation.
  (a) The board shall impose and collect rates, rents, fees, and charges for the use or enjoyment and services of the facilities of each...
• 304a-2682 Revenue Bond Anticipation Notes.
  In anticipation of the issuance under this subpart of revenue bonds and of the receipt of the proceeds of sale of revenue bonds, the board...
• 304a-2683 University Project, University System, Networks, and Revenue Bonds Exempt From Taxation.
  The revenue of the university and the property of any university project, university system, or network shall be exempt from all taxation and assessments by...
• 304a-2684 Powers Additional to Other Powers.
  The powers conferred by this subpart shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law concerning any university project, university...
• 304a-2685 Refunding Revenue Bonds; Authorization and Purpose.
  (a) The board, without further authorization or approval of the legislature, but with the approval of the governor, may provide for the issuance of revenue...
• 304a-2686 Fiscal Agents.
  The director of finance of the State, when requested by the board, shall render full and complete assistance to the board in the preparation and...
• 304a-2687 Validation of Proceedings.
  All proceedings taken with respect to the contracting of revenue bonded indebtedness and the issuance, sale, execution, and delivery of revenue bonds by the board...
• 304a-2688 Limitation of Authority.
  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, nothing in this subpart shall be construed to authorize the board to incur any indebtedness contrary to the state...
• 304a-2689 Annual Report.
  The University of Hawaii shall submit a report to the legislature, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session,...
• 304a-2690 to 304a-2693 Repealed.
  L 2010, c 82, §8.

PART VII. ADMINISTRATIVELY ATTACHED ENTITIES
A. Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii

• 304a-3001 Establishment of the Research Corporation; Purpose.
  (a) There is established as a body corporate, the research corporation of the University of Hawaii. The research corporation shall be a public instrumentality...
• 304a-3002 Board of Directors; Composition.
  The affairs of the research corporation shall be under the general management and control of the board of directors. The board of directors shall...
• 304a-3003 Powers of the Research Corporation.
  The research corporation, under the direction of the board of directors, shall have the following general powers: (1) To adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws...
• 304a-3004 Research Vessel Safety Requirements.
  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, prior to the charter or use of any research or other oceangoing vessel by the research corporation or...
• 304a-3005 Research Corporation Excepted From Certain State Laws.
  To carry out the purposes and objectives of the research corporation, including the conduct of research and training projects, the research corporation shall be...
• 304a-3006 Officers and Employees of the Research Corporation.
  The board of directors shall employ an executive director of the research corporation who shall serve at the pleasure of the board of directors....
• 304a-3007 Annual Report.
  The research corporation shall submit an annual report to the governor, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives....
• 304a-3008 Dissolution.
  In the event of the dissolution of the research corporation, all of its property, real, personal, and mixed and wheresoever situated, shall vest immediately...
• 304a-3009 Patents, Copyrights, and Other Rights.
  Any patents, copyrights, inventions, discoveries, or other rights arising from research corporation activities shall belong to the research corporation and shall be subject to...
• 304a-3010 Special Account.
  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the research corporation shall be authorized to set up a special account for depositing moneys received from...
• 304a-3011 Contracts With State Agencies.
  Any contract between the research corporation and any agency, office, department, or other administrative subdivision of the executive branch of the State shall include the...

B. Pacific International Center for High Technology Research

• 304a-3101 Pacific International Center for High Technology Research; Establishment.
  (a) There is established, as an educational and research institution, the Pacific international center for high technology research. The center shall be placed within...

C. State Post-Secondary Education Commission

• 304a-3151 Establishment of the State Post-Secondary Education Commission; Membership, Administration.
  There is established a state post-secondary education commission. The commission shall consist of the members of the board of regents of the university, the...
• 304a-3152 Commission's Powers and Authority.
  (a) The commission may cooperate with the federal government to qualify the State to receive funds made available under the Higher Education Act of...
• 304a-3153 Repealed.
  L 2014, c 13, §2. Cross References Complaints by students of post-secondary educational institutions, see §305J-17.
• 304a-3154 Cooperation With Other State Agencies.
  The commission may be assisted by other state agencies, including but not limited to the university, the department of education, and the department of...

D. Western Regional Education Compact

• 304a-3201 Approval of Compact.
  The Western Regional Education Compact, recommended by the Western Governors' Conference on November 10, 1950, for adoption by the states of Arizona, California, Colorado,...
• 304a-3201.5 Definitions.
  As used in this subpart, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: "Commission" means the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. "Hawaii commission" means the...
• 304a-3201.6 Hawaii Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
  (a) There is established within the University of Hawaii for administrative purposes only the Hawaii western interstate commission for higher education comprised of the...
• 304a-3202 Terms and Provisions of Compact.
  The terms and provisions of the Compact referred to in section [304A-3201] are as follows: WESTERN REGIONAL EDUCATION COMPACT The contracting states do hereby...
• 304a-3203 Execution.
  The governor shall execute the compact on behalf of this State and perform any other acts that may be deemed requisite to its formal...
• 304a-3204 State Commissioners.
  (a) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint the members of the commission for this State of the Western...
• 304a-3205 Expenditures; Reports.
  Expenditures by the Hawaii commission, including the amounts fixed annually as the equal contribution of each member to the compact, shall be made upon...
• 304a-3206 Placement of Students.
  The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education is authorized to act on behalf of this State in making arrangements for the placement of students...
• 304a-3207 Payment of Costs.
  The authority conferred by section [304A-3206] shall be exercised only pursuant to written agreement between the commission and an agency of the State having...
• 304a-3208 Obligations Under Compact Not Impaired.
  Nothing contained in sections [304A-3206] and [304A-3207] shall be construed to alter any of the obligations or restrict or impair any of the rights...
• 304a-3209 Professional Student Exchange Program; Repayment Policy.
  The Hawaii commission may establish a repayment policy for students who receive any financial support from funds appropriated by the legislature for the Hawaii...

E. Hawaii Research Center for Futures Study

• 304a-3251 Center Established.
  There is hereby established a Hawaii research center for futures study. The center is assigned to the university for administrative purposes. [L 2006, c...
• 304a-3252 Duties of the Center.
  The center shall: (1) Serve as a research arm of the workforce development council and such other public agencies as may properly require its...
• 304a-3253 Director; Duties.
  The center shall be headed by a director, who need not be full-time, depending upon the extent of the requests for research assistance and...

F. Nursing Scholars Program

• 304a-3301 Definitions.
  As used in this subpart, unless the context otherwise requires: "Approved course of study" means a course of study that leads to enrollment in...
• 304a-3302 Nursing Scholars Program; Establishment, Administration.
  (a) There is established a program to be known as the nursing scholars program to be placed administratively within the University of Hawaii. (b)...
• 304a-3303 Scholarships; Nursing Degree Programs.
  (a) The University of Hawaii shall award a scholarship grant in an amount up to $10,000 per academic year to a student enrolled full-time...
• 304a-3304 Program Administration.
  (a) The University of Hawaii shall monitor and verify a student's fulfillment of all requirements for a scholarship grant under this program. (b) The...
• 304a-3305 Annual Report.
  The University of Hawaii shall publish a report by September 1, 2006, and every year thereafter. The report shall include information regarding the operation...

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