Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 15 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to restore the ability of the University of Hawaii (UH) to establish its own procurement policies by exempting it from the provisions of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code (Code). This bill also encourages the UH Board of Regents to use the provisions of the Code, where possible.

UH testified in support of this bill, and the State Procurement Office offered comments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 15 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.