STAND. COM. REP. NO.  489-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2712

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. 2712 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE EQUIPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require state departments and agencies to offer surplus equipment, before discarding it as solid waste, for:

(1)  Sale or donation to schools or nonprofits; and

(2)  Sale to at least one organization or business capable of refurbishing sellable equipment and removing salvageable components.

     Additionally, this measure requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to submit an annual report to the Legislature on the quantity and nature of surplus equipment replaced, upgraded, and offered for sale or donation by state agencies, as well as that purchased and accepted by receiving organizations.

No testimony was received for this measure.

     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. 2712 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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