STAND. COM. REP. NO.  972

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 31

      H.D. 1

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. 31, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the binding of the State to the government procurement rules of an international trade agreement, unless explicitly authorized by the Legislature.

     The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO testified in support of this bill. 

     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. 31, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair