STAND. COM. REP. NO.  644

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1127, H.D. 1, 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, among other things:

     (1)  Requiring all government employees who have been delegated with procurement authority by a state or county government agency, including deputy attorney generals working on procurement contracts, to attend initial and follow-up training sessions conducted by the State Procurement Office;

     (2)  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; and

     (3)  Specifying that each chief procurement officer may develop further training within their respective jurisdictions.

The Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations; Ulupono Initiative; Hawaii Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund; and a concerned individual provided testimony in support of this measure.  The State Procurement Office, Department of Transportation, and Building Industry Association of Hawaii provided comments on this measure.

     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. 1127, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair