STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 230

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education & Technology, to which was referred H.B. No. 230 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to designate the Vice President for Budget and Finance and Chief Financial Officer for the University of Hawaii, as opposed to the President for the University of Hawaii, as the Chief Procurement Officer for the University.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the University of Hawai‘i System.

Your Committee finds that across the country, the vast majority of public higher education institutions differentiate between institutional leadership and purchasing when assigning authority over procurement. This measure would similarly separate the role of the President of the University of Hawaii from procurement functions.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) 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 Higher Education & Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 230, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 230, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education & Technology,

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AMY A. PERRUSO, Chair