STAND. COM. REP. NO.  80

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1322

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1322 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the State Procurement Office, in conjunction with the Department of Education, University of Hawaii, Department of Transportation, and the Department of Accounting and General Services to conduct an analysis and review of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code, with a specific regard to the awarding of construction contracts.

 

     The Department of Transportation, Department of Education, University of Hawaii, and the General Contractors Association of Hawaii supported this measure.  The Electrical Contractor's Association of Hawaii and Ironworkers Stabilization Fund opposed this measure.  The State Procurement Office, Department of Accounting and General Services, and a concerned individual provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1322, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1322, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

 

 

 

 

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair