STAND. COM. REP. NO. 389

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 414

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Lower & Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 414 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make permanent Act 42, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 2018, which restores authority to the University of Hawaii President to act as University of Hawaii's Chief Procurement Officer for all procurement contracts under the Hawaii Public Procurement Code.

The University of Hawai‘i System testified in support of this measure. The State Procurement Office provided comments on this measure.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Extending for two additional years, rather than making permanent, the sunset date of Act 42, SLH 2018;

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

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

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Lower & Higher Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 414, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 414, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Lower & Higher Education,

____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair

____________________________ AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair