STAND. COM. REP. NO. 249

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1593
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred
H.B. No. 1593 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
     CODE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to designate the respective
manager and chief engineer of the county boards of water supply
as the chief procurement officers for the county departments of
water supply.  

     Your Committee received testimony as follows:

     1.   County of Kauai Department of Water, County of Hawaii
          Department of Water Supply, in support; and 

     2.   Department of Accounting and General Services, offering
          comment.  

     Your Committee finds that having separate procurement
officers for the county water departments would be more
appropriate to their status as autonomous bodies with
decisionmaking and funds separate from the rest of the county
administrations.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report,
your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.
No. 1593 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Finance.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Water and Land
                                   Use,



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                                   Romy M. Cachola, Chair