STAND. COM. REP. NO.  778-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2431

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2431, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to exempt the University of Hawaii (UH) Board of Regents (BOR) from the requirements of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code (Code), while encouraging the BOR to use the provisions of the Code.

 

     UH and an individual testified in support of this bill.  The State Procurement Office, Coalition of Hawaii Engineering and Architectural Professionals, Subcontractors Association of Hawaii, American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii, and several individuals opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Requiring that an audit of UH's procurement policies and procedures be submitted to the 2013 Legislature; and

 

(2)  Replacing the effective date from July 1, 2020, to upon approval, and repealing the provisions of this bill on June 30, 2014.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2431, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2431, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair