CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 146-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2010

RE:    H.B. No. 347

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 347, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to exempt the University of Hawaii (UH) and UH Board of Regents (BOR) from certain requirements of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code (Code).

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Exempting UH from the requirements of the Code, with certain exceptions;

     (2)  Requiring BOR to submit annual reports to the Legislature prior to the 2011 and 2012 regular sessions, regarding:

          (A)  UH's internal procurement process;

          (B)  UH's internal procedures for handling protests of solicitations or awards of contracts, if different from the procedures described in the Code; and

          (C)  Protests or litigation that have arisen during the period of time that UH is exempt from the Code, with certain exceptions;

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 347, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 347, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ JILL TOKUDA, Chair	____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Co-Chair
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair	____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Co-Chair