STAND. COM. REP. NO.  838-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2265

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2265, H.D. 1, 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, under Act 175, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, as amended, relating to small purchases and the prohibition against parceling.

The Department of Budget and Fiscal Services of the City and County of Honolulu supported the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Retaining the current language of section 103D-305(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, which requires procurements of $25,000 to less than $100,000 to be processed through an electronic system;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to June 30, 2012; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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. 2265, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2265, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair