STAND. COM. REP. NO.  745-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2060

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2060, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to improve oversight, openness, and transparency of the State procurement process by:

 

     (1)  Requiring all Chief Procurement Officers to assist and cooperate with any compliance review by the State Procurement Administrator; and

 

     (2)  Clarifying that the State Procurement Administrator has the authority to perform periodic compliance reviews of all governmental bodies.

 

     The State Procurement Office supported this measure.  The Department of Budget and Fiscal Services of the City and County of Honolulu opposed this measure.

 

     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 H.B. No. 2060, 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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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair