STAND. COM. REP. NO.  345-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2676

      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. 2676 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KAHO‘OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to better facilitate the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission's (KIRC) ability to carry out its statutory duties to protect, preserve, and rehabilitate the Island of Kaho‘olawe by exempting contracts made by KIRC for the procurement of food or fuel products from the state procurement code.

     KIRC testified in support of this bill.  The State Procurement Office opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Requiring KIRC to continue to comply with the reporting requirements of the state procurement code for contracts entered into under this exemption;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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. 2676, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2676, H.D. 1.

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