STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1871-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2914

S.D. 1

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2914, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure accountability and transparency with government contracts by requiring any governmental body that enters into a contract that is exempt from the State Procurement Code pursuant to section 103D-102(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to report that contract to the State Procurement Office and Legislature.

The Department of Education provided testimony in opposition to this measure. The State Procurement Office and University of Hawai‘i provided comments on this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2914, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair