STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1804
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2017
RE: S.C.R. No. 59
S.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 Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 59, S.D. 1, entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES TO DULY CONSIDER WOMEN-, VETERAN-, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN-OWNED BUSINESSES WHEN AWARDING STATE CONTRACTS, AND REQUESTING ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES TO SUBMIT TO THE LEGISLATURE A LIST OF STATE CONTRACTS AWARDED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS TO WOMEN-, VETERAN-, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN-OWNED BUSINESSES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Urge state departments and agencies, including the Department of Transportation, Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Education, and University of Hawaii System, to duly consider women-, veteran-, and Native Hawaiian-owned businesses when awarding state contracts; and
(2) Request the Department of Transportation, Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Education, and University of Hawaii System to submit to the Legislature, no later than October 1, 2017, a list of state contracts under their department or agency awarded to women-, veteran-, and Native Hawaiian-owned businesses in the last two years.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 59, S.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,
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____________________________ AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair |
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