STAND. COM. REP. NO.  898-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2529

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2529 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to exempt expenditures and procurements of less than $250,000 from the Hawaiian Home Operating Fund, Hawaiian Home Receipts Fund, Hawaiian Home Trust Fund, and Native Hawaiian Rehabilitation Fund from the requirements of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and many concerned individuals supported the measure.  Aupuni O Hawaii opposed the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to submit an annual report to the Legislature on solicitations of goods, services, and construction, types of procurements, and awardees;

     (2)  Sunsetting the measure in three years on June 30, 2015; 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. 2529, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2529, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair