Bill Text: HI SCR44 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting The Auditor To Evaluate The 2017 University Of Hawaii Internal Audit Of Travel Policy Compliance For Fiscal Years 2015-2017 And Report To The Legislature.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-05 - Referred to LHE, LMG, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 50 [SCR44 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2019-SCR44-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	44
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the auditor to conduct an audit of all university of hawaii travel for fiscal years 2014-2019.

 

 

     WHEREAS, the responsibility to authorize and approve travel plans and expenses for University of Hawaii employees, students, and others who travel on approved university business is delegated to various executive authorities within the University, including Vice Presidents, Chancellors, Vice Chancellors, Deans, and Directors; and

 

     WHEREAS, the delegated authorities who approve travel are responsible for exercising discretion in determining that travel expenses are reasonable and appropriate; and

 

     WHEREAS, according to University of Hawaii Executive Policy 8.208, "[a]ll official travel should be prudently planned so that the best interests of the University are served at the most reasonable cost.  Any individual traveling on University business is expected to exercise the same economy that a practical person would exercise when traveling on personal business using personal funds.  Individuals shall not incur inappropriate or excessive expenses, or gain financially from the University travel.  Excessive costs or unjustified costs are not acceptable and will not be reimbursed"; and

 

     WHEREAS, there are concerns that University of Hawaii employees and other affiliated personnel are not following travel policies and procedures; and

 

     WHEREAS, there are also concerns as to how delegated authorities review and authorize the purpose of travel as benefitting the University of Hawaii; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2019, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Auditor is requested to conduct an audit of all University of Hawaii travel for fiscal years 2014-2019; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Auditor is requested to submit a report of its finding and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2020; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii, President of the University of Hawaii, and State Auditor.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

University of Hawaii; Travel; Audit