STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1071

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 758

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred S.B. No. 758, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to include the small purchase method of procurement within the scope of Hawaii Compliance Express. 

     The State Procurement Office and The Hawaii Business League supported this bill.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by deleting its contents and inserting the substance of House Bill No. 374, H.D. 1, Regular Session of 2011, which accomplishes the same purpose as the measure referred to your Committee.  As amended, this measure differs from the measure as referred to your Committee by:

     (1)  Deleting an inaccurate statement in the purpose section;

     (2)  Incorporating an effective date of July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Incorporating technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 758, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 758, S.D. 1, 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,

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair