STAND. COM. REP. NO. 223

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1101
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Government Operations and Housing, to
which was referred S.B. No. 1101 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REMEDIES OF PART VII, CHAPTER
     103D, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES,"

begs leave to report as follows:
     
     The purpose of this measure is to clarify the provisions for
protests and the related available remedies under Chapter 103D,
Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Accounting and General Services.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will clarify the
language regarding protests, the responsibilities of the chief
procurement officer and hearings officers, and expand the scope
of remedies.  Your Committee is in support of this measure as a
means of promoting greater efficiency in procurement procedures.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Government Operations and Housing that is attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 1101 and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer
Protection.


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



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                                   ROD TAM, Chair

 
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