§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 for regular, summer, and continuing education credit tuition, tuition-related course and fee charges, and any other charges to students, except as provided by law. Moneys deposited into the fund shall be expended to maintain or improve the university's programs and operations and shall not be:
Any rule, policy, or action of any agency or individual in contravention of this subsection shall be void as against public policy.
(b) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the board of regents may authorize expenditures of up to $3,000,000 annually, excluding in-kind services, from this fund for the purposes of promoting alumni relations and generating private donations for deposit into the University of Hawaii Foundation for the purposes of the university. Any expenditure authorized pursuant to this subsection shall be for a public purpose and shall not be subject to chapters 42F, 103, 103D, and 103F. The university shall submit a comprehensive report to the legislature detailing the use of any funds authorized by the board under this subsection no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session.
The report shall:
(c) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the university may transfer funds from the university of Hawaii tuition and fees special fund into the scholarship and assistance special fund established pursuant to section 304A-2159.
(d) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the board of regents may authorize expenditures of up to $3,000,000 annually, excluding in-kind services, from the university of Hawaii tuition and fees special fund for the purposes of providing student aid in direct response to an emergency or a disaster, as declared by the governor. The university shall submit a comprehensive report to the legislature detailing the use of any funds authorized by the board under this subsection no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session.
(e) In estimating its quarterly budget requirements, each campus of the university of Hawaii shall prepare a plan for the fiscal year for the operation of each of the programs that it is responsible for administering. The operations plan shall be:
(f) The president and vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer of the university of Hawaii:
(g) At the end of each fiscal year, the moneys in the university of Hawaii tuition and fees special fund for each campus shall lapse to the credit of program identification number UOH900 (university of Hawaii, system wide support). [L 2006, c 75, pt of §2; am L 2015, c 236, §1; am L 2025, c 85, §2]