STAND. COM. REP. NO.  26-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2265

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred H.B. No. 2265 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE PROCUREMENT CODE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the State Procurement Code by making permanent the amendments made to section 103D-305, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by Act 175, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, and deleting the requirement that procurements of $25,000 to less than $100,000 be conducted through an electronic system.

The City and County of Honolulu testified in support of this measure.  The State Procurement Office testified in opposition to this measure.

     To promote further discussion, your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2112; provided that the effective date of section 2 of the measure shall be June 30, 2112.

     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 H.B. No. 2265, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2265, 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