Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 318 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require that the State and counties attempt to obtain services through a public-private managed competition system pursuant to section 46-36 and chapter 89A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, prior to contracting with a private entity for services.

Your Committee finds that, by requiring state and county government agencies to seek services initially through public-private managed competition, this measure will assist government employees affected by privatization to compete on a level playing field to provide services and retain their jobs.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended the bill by deleting a reference to a repealed law, and by making a technical, nonsubstantive change for purposes of clarity and uniformity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 318, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 318, S.D. 1.