STAND. COM. REP. NO.  888-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2442

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2442, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE CONTRACTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend the Hawaii Public Procurement Code to repeal the remedy of suspension and require the Chief Procurement Officer to debar a person from consideration for an award of any public contract for up to three years if the person has been convicted of certain state or federal crimes, or has violated certain contract provisions or ethical standards.

 

     The State Procurement Office, American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii, General Contractors Association of Hawaii, and Coalition of Hawaii Engineering & Architectural Professionals provided testimony in opposition to this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, for the purpose of facilitating further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments, including conforming amendments to related statutory sections, for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 2442, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2442, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair