STAND. COM. REP. NO.  936

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 378

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 378, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the Department of Transportation (DOT) to obtain security services for Hawaii's airports in a fair and equitable manner and without compromising safety, by allowing DOT to award its security contracts by negotiations rather than through a bidding process.

     Securitas Security Services USA, Inc., supported this bill.

     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. 378, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair