STAND. COM. REP. NO.  501-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2736

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2736 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to strengthen the local economy by requiring contractors awarded certain public works and construction contracts to ensure that Hawaii residents comprise not less than 80 percent of the workforce employed for the contract.

     Iron Workers Stabilization Fund; ILWU Local 142; Hawaii State AFL-CIO; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1186; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO; Hawaii Laborers' Union; Hawaii Government Employees' Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of the Attorney General opposed this measure.  The Department of Accounting and General Services, District Council 50, and several concerned individuals provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Adding a definition of "shortage trade"; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency, clarity, 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. 2736, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2736, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair