STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1091

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1659

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1659, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that funds solicited by government to cover the costs and expenses of a state-sponsored enterprise, including trips and other endeavors to generate business opportunities and goodwill for the State, are expended fairly and openly, and subject to competitive procedures, by providing that these funds must be deposited into the general fund, disbursed by legislative appropriation, and expended under the procurement code.

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, High Technology Development Corporation, and High Technology Innovation Corporation opposed this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Removing the appropriation amount to encourage further discussion;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 1659, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1659, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair