STAND. COM. REP. NO.  11-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 1901

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1901 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT OF VOTING SYSTEM EQUIPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve the timeliness of procuring voting equipment by removing the purchase of voting system equipment from the requirements of Hawaii's procurement code.

     The Department of the Attorney General, Office of Elections, and County Clerks of Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, and the City and County of Honolulu testified in support of this bill.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.  The State Procurement Office did not support this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting language establishing December 31, 2010, as the date this Act will be repealed; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1901, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1901, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair