STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1515

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1659

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1659, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure the proper use of certain state funds.

     More specifically, this measure ensures that funds received by the State for costs and expenses of state-sponsored trips and endeavors to generate business opportunities and goodwill for the State are required to be deposited into the general fund and disbursed pursuant to legislative appropriation.

     Your Committee received comments from the Department of Agriculture and comments in opposition from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by changing the unspecified appropriation amount to $1, and by making technical nonsubstantive corrections.

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

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair