STAND. COM. REP. 1041

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 41

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 41 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill as received is to require public disclosure of:

(1) Subcontracts and partnership agreements entered into by government contractors; and

(2) Hawaii Tourism Authority's (HTA) procurement contracts even though the Authority is not subject to the State Procurement Code.

The HTA testified in support of the bill. The Department of Accounting and General Services testified in support of the intent of the bill, but opposed the procurement code section of the bill. BIA-Hawaii opposed the bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting the provisions of the bill relating to the Procurement Code; and

(2) Requiring HTA to disclose government contracts and subcontracts pursuant to the Uniform Information Practices Act.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 41, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 41, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair