STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1911-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2383

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2383, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE PROCUREMENT POLICY BOARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Governor, President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives to each appoint two members to the State Procurement Policy Board;

(2) Clarify the experience requirements for members of the State Procurement Policy Board; and

(3) Repeal the State Procurement Policy Board nominating committee.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the General Contractors Association of Hawaii. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the State Procurement Office, Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, and Department of Budget and Fiscal Services of the City and County of Honolulu.

Your Committee finds that the State Procurement Policy Board has not held a meeting in nearly three years due to attrition, a lack of applicants for vacancies, and the inability to meet quorum. By the end of the 2022 Regular Session, the only member of the seven-member State Procurement Policy Board will be the Comptroller. This measure restructures the State Procurement Policy Board to address the issue of vacancies on the Board and enable it to fulfill its duties.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Decreasing the number of members on the State Procurement Policy Board from seven to five;

(2) Amending the appointment and experience requirements for members of the State Procurement Policy Board;

(3) Subjecting the members of the State Procurement Policy Board to requirements applicable to boards and commissions generally; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2383, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2383, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair