STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3130

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2506

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Energy and Environment and Tourism and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 2506, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REORGANIZATION OF STATE AGENCIES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to direct the Legislative Reference Bureau to:

     (1)  Identify the statutory responsibilities of state agencies that are integral to successfully achieving state energy objectives;

     (2)  Identify any duplication or deficiency in these state agencies' responsibilities relating to state energy objectives;

     (3)  Research how other states address similar deficiencies in the administration of their energy policies; and

     (4)  Make recommendations regarding how the state agencies can be reorganized to advance the long‑term energy strategy.

     Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.  Comments were submitted by the Legislative Reference Bureau; the State Procurement Office; Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority; and the Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance.

     Your Committees find that any governmental agency with the authority to expend funds should be in compliance with chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which promotes fair and equitable treatment of all persons involved with the procurement system, fosters effective broad-based competition, and increases public confidence in public procurement.  Accordingly, your Committees have amended this measure by removing the exemption from chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for any contract issued pursuant to this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy and Environment and Tourism and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2506, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2506, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy and Environment and Tourism and Government Operations,

____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair

____________________________ RON MENOR, Chair