STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2916

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2831

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2831, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to restore the full authority of the President of the University of Hawaii to act as the University's chief procurement officer for all procurement contracts under Chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the State Procurement Office, University of Hawaii, and General Contractors Association of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee believes that the University, through its President, may benefit from the restoration of control of its procurement for a limited period, during which the Legislature may maintain oversight over the University.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure;

 

     (2)  Providing for the reenactment of the sections of the Hawaii Revised Statutes amended in this measure upon the measure's repeal; and

 

     (3)  Making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2831, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2831, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair