STAND. COM. REP. NO. 586

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1275

       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 S.B. No. 1275 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to grant the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission a permanent exemption from chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the procurement of food or fuel products necessary for the Commission 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 responsibilities to preserve and protect the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve.  These include difficulty in 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.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

     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 S.B. No. 1275, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1275, S.D. 1.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair