STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1128

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1127

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Government Operations, 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 and intent of this measure is to require the State Procurement Office to provide mandatory procurement training and any additional training as the chief procurement officers may determine for all state and county government employees that are charged with procurement.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Hawaii Construction Alliance, Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations, Ulupono Initiative, Hawaii Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund, and Building Industry Association of Hawaii.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the State Procurement Office.

     Your Committee finds that proper training is essential to ensure effective procurements.  A mandatory statewide training and development program will promote uniform procurement practices and consistent application of the procurement code. 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1127, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1127, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Judiciary and Labor and Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Government Operations,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair