STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1182-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2831

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 2831, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Restore until June 30, 2021, authority to the University of Hawaii President to act as the University of Hawaii Chief Procurement Officer for contracts for construction and construction-related professional services; and

(2) Require the University of Hawaii to submit an annual report to the Legislature prior to the convening of each regular session through 2021 that details a list of all Capital Improvement Projects approved by the Board of Regents.

The University of Hawaii, General Contractors Association of Hawaii, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and an individual supported this measure. The State Procurement Office provided comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on this measure.

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 S.B. No. 2831, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2831, S.D. 2, 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