STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2686

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2914

S.D. 1

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. 2914 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require 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.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the State Procurement Office.

Your Committee recognizes that under existing law, certain types of contracts by governmental bodies are exempt from the requirements of the State Procurement Code. Your Committee also recognizes that to ensure accountability and transparency, the Legislature and the State Procurement Office should be made aware of the contracts that utilize this exemption.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:

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

(2) Making a technical nonsubstantive change for the purpose of consistency.

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. 2914, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2914, S.D. 1.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair