STAND. COM. REP. 287

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 704

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 704 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT CODE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require a pre-job conference after a state construction contract is awarded to enable all parties to meet and resolve any issues or problems that may arise before construction begins.

The Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, Iron Workers Stabilization Fund, and Sheet Metal Workers' International Association submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Transportation (DOT) supported the intent of this bill. Paul Louie & Associates, Inc., opposed this bill.

Your Committee notes the concerns of DOT that pre-job conferences should not apply to emergencies because the pre-job conferences would unduly slow down the construction process.

This bill has been amended by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 704, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 704, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns,

 

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BRIAN SCHATZ, Chair