STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1593-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2494

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2494, S.D. 2, 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 improve the efficiency and transparency of government contracting by:

 

     (1)  Requiring the State Procurement Office to establish a statewide database containing government procurement contract data;

 

     (2)  Requiring each governmental body to submit data relating to any procurement contract of the governmental body to the State Procurement Office; and

 

     (3)  Appropriating funds to establish the statewide database.

 

     Ulupono Initiative provided testimony in support of the measure.  The State Procurement Office provided comments.

 

     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 S.B. No. 2494, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair