STAND. COM. REP. NO.  487

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1028

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1028 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the chief procurement officer to establish a special innovative procurement process to provide the State with greater flexibility in the procurement of certain goods and services to meet unique or unusual needs or situations while maintaining the accountability and transparency afforded by the State Procurement Code.

 

     The State Procurement Office, Department of Agriculture, and Ulupono Initiative testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Transportation and American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1028, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1028, H.D. 1.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair