STAND. COM. REP. NO.  74-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2431

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Higher Education and Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 2431 entitled:

 

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

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to exempt the University of Hawaii (UH) Board of Regents (BOR) from the requirements of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code (Code), while encouraging the BOR to use the provisions of the Code.

 

     UH testified in support of this bill.  The State Procurement Office opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Requiring that the BOR file its procurement policy and any changes in the policy with the Hawaii Procurement Institute;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Economic Development & Business Concerns that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2431, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2431, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and Economic Development & Business Concerns,

 

 

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair