STAND. COM. REP. NO.  147

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 424

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 424 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to reinstate and restore full authority to the President of the University of Hawaii to act as the University's chief procurement officer for all procurement contracts under the Hawaii Public Procurement Code.  

The University of Hawaii, State Procurement Office, and University of Hawaii Professional Assembly supported this bill.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Providing that this measure shall not be applied so as to impair existing contracts;

     (2)  Amending the effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 424, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 424, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair