STAND. COM. REP. NO. 835-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2311
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2311 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE FOR
     DESIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the procurement of
professional design services to be based on their professional
qualifications and past experience.  Specifies that a prospective
individual's or group's past experience with projects of a
similar nature will be the main consideration when making a
selection.

     The American Institute of Architects, Construction Industry
Legislative Organization, the Consulting Engineers Council of
Hawaii, the Hawaii Chapter of the American Public Works
Association, Consulting Structural Hawaii, Inc., SSFM
International Inc., Fewell Geotechnical Engineering, Ltd., the
Structural Engineers Association of Hawaii, the American Society
of Civil Engineers, and several individuals testified in support
of this bill.  The Department of Accounting and General Services
testified in opposition to this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Requiring that all contracts awarded for professional
          services shall be posted electronically;


 
 
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     (2)  Deleting the creation of a new subsection for the
          procurement of professional design services;

     (3)  Deleting the requirement that design professionals must
          be screened at the initial review and again by the
          screening committee; and

     (4)  Eliminating the screening committee's duty to rank the
          prospective design professionals before presenting the
          final list to the department heads.

     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.
2311, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2311, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair