STAND. COM. REP. NO.  538

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 1127

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1127 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure the consistent application of the State Procurement Code across various governmental agencies with procurement authority by requiring every procurement officer to attend initial training by the State Procurement Office (Office) and regular follow-up training as determined by the Office.  

The State Procurement Office; Hawaii Construction Alliance; Ulupono Initiative; and the Hawaii Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund supported this measure.  The Department of Human Resources Development opposed this measure. 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Removing the Department of Human Resources Development from procurement training responsibilities;

     (2)  Clarifying that training requirements apply to all government employees that are delegated with procurement authority of all state and county government entities, including deputy attorney generals working on procurement contracts;

     (3)  Requiring chief procurement officers and executive department directors to provide a list, which shall be updated annually, of all employees with delegated procurement authority to the State Procurement Office;

     (4)  Specifying that each chief procurement officer may develop further mandated trainings within their respective jurisdictions;

     (5)  Including an appropriation of an unspecified amount for the State Procurement Office to administer necessary training; and

     (6)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1127, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1127, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair