THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

     MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1999


     COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND HOUSING
                        1:30 p.m.
                   Conference Room 224

         DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS
            (Deferred from February 11, 1999)


SB 1076    RELATING TO INSURANCE PREMIUM TAXES               GOH, WAM
           Allows the low income housing tax credit to be
           applied to  the  insurance  premium tax. (MIZUGUCHI
           BR)


SB 1100    RELATING TO PROCUREMENT                 GOH, WAM
           Provides for indigenous plant use; pollution
           control; energy efficiency/life cycle costing;
           value engineering; qualified community rehab 
           program preference; changes contracting officer 
           to procurement officer; wage compliance contracts
           increased to $25,000; designates county water 
           board chief as procurement officer; settlement of
           default by contractor; county inventory reporting.

           THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS ARE REPEALED:

                103-15 Contract provisions to consider traffic
                103-21 Officer defined
                103-22.1 Services of the handicapped
                103-24.6 Indigenous and Polynesian plants
                103-49 Value engineering clauses;rules
                    103-53.5  Tax  adjustment for out-of-state
           vendors
                       and tax-exempt bidders
                103-54 Wages of certain laborers paid weekly;
                       penalty
                103-56 Pay days
                103-57 Only citizens employed, exception
                103-58 Officer, etc., forbidden interest in 
                       government contracts
                103-59 Violation voids contract
                103-60 Penalty
                103-71 Energy efficiency through life-cycling
                       costing   (MIZUGUCHI BR)


 
SB 1626    RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS                      GOH, JDC
           Places restrictions on award of public contracts
           to persons who made political contributions to
           anyone in the contract process.  (LEVIN)


SB 1101    RELATING TO REMEDIES OF PART VII, CHAPTER         GOH, CPN
           103D, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES
           Clarifies protest procedures for contract awards;
           authority and period to debar; resolution of
           contract disputes; violation of law remedies;
           interest on amounts due; hearings: officer/parties
           to the contract/where to file.  (MIZUGUCHI BR)



SB 1391    RELATING TO CONTRACT AND PROCUREMENT FRAUD         GOH JDC
           Establishes bid rigging, the practice of 
           subcontracting with the losing bidder in the
           same contract, as a felony.  (MIZUGUCHI BR) 



                   No testimony will be accepted.


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