STAND. COM. REP. NO.  757

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 424

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 424, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to reinstate and restore full authority to the President of the University of Hawaii to act as the University's chief procurement officer for all procurement contracts under the Hawaii Public Procurement Code.

 

     The University of Hawaii and University of Hawaii Professional Assembly testified in support of this 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 H.B. No. 424, 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