STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2958

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2866

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2866 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to facilitate government transparency with regard to capital improvement projects.

More specifically, this measure requires the Executive Branch of the State to develop and maintain a publicly accessible online project management platform.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services and Office of Enterprise Technology Services.

Your Committee finds that capital improvement projects are construction projects that provide improvements or additions to land, buildings, and infrastructure. Your Committee believes that, since these projects are typically large and expensive, the public should have the ability to review information on pending or completed projects.

Your Committee further notes that the Department of Accounting and General Services estimates that an appropriation of $2,000,000 would be required for Fiscal Year 2025 to design and implement an online project management platform.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

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. 2866, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2866, S.D. 1.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair