STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2909

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2705

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2705, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to promote public-private partnerships.

More specifically, the measure:

(1) Authorizes and appropriates moneys for the establishment of five state public-private partnership coordinator positions within the Department of Accounting and General Services to manage certain public-private partnerships entered into by the State; and

(2) Establishes the Office of Public-Private Partnership within the Department of Accounting and General Services.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Office of the Governor, Department of Transportation, BIA Hawaii, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, and Hoomanapono Political Action Committee.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Aloha Light Team; Common Cause Hawaii; Hawaii Justice Coalition; OCC Legislative Priorities Committee, Democratic Party of Hawaii; Ohana Hoopakele; Young Progressives Demanding Action - Hawaii; and eleven individuals.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Stadium Authority, and American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii.

Your Committee believes that the collaboration between the public and private sectors that is possible through public-private partnerships gives the State an opportunity to more efficiently and effectively provide services to the public.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Placing the Office of Public-Private Partnership and the five state public-private partnership coordinator positions within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, rather than the Department of Accounting and General Services;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2705, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2705, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair