STAND. COM. REP. NO.628-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: H.B. No. 2420
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2420 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to make various amendments to update the procurement code including:
(1) Providing that contracts awarded by the State are not binding unless funds are available;
(2) Requiring, wherever and whenever feasible, that indigenous and Polynesian-introduced plants be used in landscaping of buildings or facilities funded by the State;
(3) Establishing provisions for pollution control in the performance of public contracts;
(4) Requiring energy efficient standards and policies, including life-cycle costing, in procurement practices of the State and its counties;
(5) Requiring the State and its counties to insert clauses providing for value engineering incentives in all public works contracts of amounts exceeding $250,000;
(6) Authorizing blind and visually impaired individuals registered by the Department of Human Services and issued permits to operate vending facilities and machines in any state or county public building;
(7) Making other provisions regarding blind or visually impaired vendors operating facilities in state or county buildings;
(8) Establishing the State Procurement Office Revolving Fund to support ongoing development of online electronic procurement services;
(9) Authorizing online bidding if it is more advantageous than other sources; and
(10) Exempting certain concessionaires under public contracts from the procurement code.
The State Procurement Office and Department of Accounting and General Services testified in support of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the appropriation amounts to $1 for the purpose of continued discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.
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. 2420, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2420, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |