Committee recommends indefinite deferral for bill limiting RIM fund uses at UH
Lawmakers deferred Senate Bill 1624 SD1, which would restrict use of funds appropriated for renewing, improving or modernizing (RIM) University of Hawaii facilities only to those purposes; university witnesses described RIM as a flexible lump-sum approach to address deferred maintenance and quarterly reporting to the Board of Regents.
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The House Committee on Higher Education on March 14, 2025, took up Senate Bill 1624 SD1, a measure that would require the University of Hawaii Board of Regents to expend funds appropriated for RIM (renew, improve, modernize) only for renewing, improving or modernizing existing facilities and not for current or anticipated capital-improvement projects. The bill would also require annual reports to the Legislature.
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