STAND. COM. REP. NO.  412-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 1901

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1901, H.D. 1, 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 help improve the efficiency of voter equipment procurement by establishing an alternate procurement process for voter equipment.  This alternate process will exempt voter equipment procurement from the Hawaii Public Procurement Code.

     The Office of Elections and Attorney General testified in support of this bill.  The State Procurement Office opposed this measure. 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the sunset date to June 30, 2011, to allow an additional six months; 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1901, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1901, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair