STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1303

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 181

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 181 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE HONOLULU AUTHORITY FOR RAPID TRANSPORTATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to increase HART's accountability in relation to the public eye by requesting that the audit examine:

 

(1)  HART's management and operations with respect to HART's financial and management policies, practices, and processes associated with the plans, design, bidding, and construction of the Honolulu Rail Transit Project;

 

(2)  HART's financial plan and related systems of accounting and internal controls;

 

(3)  The contracts awarded and expenditures associated with the rail transit project contracts, including payments to contractors, subcontractors, and consultants, and what the expenditures are being used for;

 

(4)  The factors contributing to cost increases, cost inflation, and cost escalation of the rail transit project, including delays in the project; change orders; requirements affecting the planning, design, bidding, and construction of the project; work restrictions; and bidding procedures; and

 

(5)  Cost containment measures, efficacy of fiscal operations and decisions, and other actions HART has taken to mitigate the burgeoning costs and shortfalls of the rail transit project

 

     HART and several concerned individuals supported the measure.  

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 181 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair