STAND. COM. REP. NO.  783

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1028

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1028, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the establishment of a special innovative procurement process to provide the State with greater flexibility in the procurement of certain supplies, services, professional services, or construction to address new, unique, or unusual needs or situations, while maintaining the accountability and transparency afforded by the Hawaii Public Procurement Code.

 

     The Hawaii Farm to School and School Garden Hui, Ulupono Initiative, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, and an individual supported this measure.  The American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii opposed this measure.  The State Procurement Office, Department of Transportation, and Hawaii Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund provided comments on this measure.

 


     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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. 1028, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1028, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair