STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1614-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2824

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2824, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to strengthen the State's procurement process by:

 

     (1)  Requiring that the Procurement Policy Board annually perform random compliance audits on at least two governmental departments, divisions, or agencies for compliance with the Hawaii Public Procurement Code (Code) and also performs audits based on patterns of noncompliance or indications of circumventing the law; and

 

     (2)  Requiring the Auditor to conduct a compliance, performance, and management audit of the State Procurement Office and the purchasing agencies of the Executive Branch to determine compliance with the Code.


     The Department of Accounting and General Services testified in opposition to this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2824, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair