STAND. COM. REP. NO.  295-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2283

      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 Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2283 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure fair and ethical use of local government funds by requiring state and county purchasers to follow ethical principles in matters relating to procurement.

     The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation supported this bill.  The Department of Accounting and General Services supported the intent of this measure.  The State Procurement Office submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Requiring private entities offering goods and services for sale to government purchasers to follow ethical principles in matters relating to procurement; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2283, as amended herein, and

recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2283, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair