STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1216
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 668
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred S.B. No. 668, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to promote the growth and development of small business in Hawaii by requiring the State Procurement Policy Board to adopt rules that include provisions that:
(1) Provide set-asides to small business in appropriate classifications or requirements susceptible to performance by small business; and
(2) Impose mandatory evaluation criteria designed to encourage the use of small business as subcontractors on large contracts not susceptible to performance by small business.
The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Department of Accounting and General Services, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Seal Masters of Hawaii, and HARK, Inc., dba Claim Check, testified in support of this bill. The State Procurement Office supported the intent of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to upon its approval.
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 668, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 668, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns,
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____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair |
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