STAND. COM. REP. NO. 306

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1280

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 1280 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish additional performance bond requirements for surety and bond companies under the Hawaii Public Procurement Code.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Procurement Office, Electrical Contractor's Association of Hawaii, Ironworkers Stabilization Fund, and Subcontractors Association of Hawaii.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Captive Insurance Council and Risk Solution Partners, LLC.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the General Contractors Association of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee finds that establishing additional requirements for surety companies serves to further uphold the integrity of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code, and provides financial protection to the State and its taxpayers.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Removing language that inadvertently changed the purpose of performance bonds;

 

     (2)  Clarifying that the new bond requirements apply to performance bonds and payment bonds;

 

     (3)  Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1280, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1280, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Government Operations,

 

 

 

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair