STAND. COM. REP. NO.  77

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1155

      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 Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1155 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 the President of the University of Hawaii as the chief procurement officer for contracts for construction and construction-related professional services furnished by licensees under chapter 464, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

The State Procurement Office, University of Hawaii System, and University of Hawaii Professional Assembly testified in support of this measure.  The Electrical Contractors Association of Hawaii and one individual testified in opposition.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

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

     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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1155, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1155, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Higher Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair