STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1329

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1328

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1328, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KAHO‘OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to help the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission fulfill its statutory mission.

     More specifically, this measure makes permanent the exemption from chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the Procurement Code, granted by Act 159, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010, for the procurement of food or fuel products necessary to carry out the purposes of chapter 6K, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve.

     Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the State Procurement Office.

     Your Committee finds that the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission faces unique challenges in carrying out its statutory mandate to preserve and protect the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve, including acquiring and transporting cargo, food, and fuel to the island.  Your Committee finds that the additional flexibility provided by this measure is necessary and appropriate for the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission to fulfill its mission under chapter 6K, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1328, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair