THE SENATE
                 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                   TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                  REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

          NOTICE OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING

            DATE:  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28,1999
            TIME:  3:00 p.m.
           PLACE:  Conference Room 224
                     State Capitol
                     415 South Beretania Street

                        A G E N D A

SB 1101 SD1 HD2      RELATING TO PART VII CHAPTER 103D, HAWAII
                     REVISED STATUTES.
                     Clarifies procedures and requirements for
                     protesting awarding of a public contract,
                     expands upon provisions for remedies when
                     there is a violation of the procurement
                     code. (MIZUGUCHI)

CONFEREES:           Senate: TAM/TANIGUCHI, Co-Chairs;
                     Bunda, Matsuura, Anderson.

                     House: HAMAKAWA/NAKASONE, Co-Chairs;
                     Morita, Suzuki, Auwae.

HB 985 HD1 SD2       RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
                     CODE.
                     Provides for indegenous plant use;
                     pollution control; energy efficiency/life
                     cycle costing; value engineering; amends 
                     contract retention; increases service
                     contracts to $25,000; use of
                     instructional material by the physically
                     handicapped and the visually impaired;
                     exempts chapter 42F and 103F; includes
                     chief engineer of boards of water supply;
                     annual inventory reporting by counties;
                     repeals parts III and V of chapter 103,
                     HRS; membership of civil service; 
                     preference to community rehabilitation
                     programs.  (SAY)

CONFEREES:           Senate: TAM/LEVIN/FUKUNAGA, Co-Chairs;
                     Chun, Tanaka.

                     House: NAKASONE, Chair; Kanoho, Suzuki,
                     Marumoto.


 
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Sen. ROD TAM                   Rep. ERIC HAMAKAWA
Co-Chair                       Co-Chair


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Sen. BRIAN TANIGUCHI           Rep. BOB NAKASONE
Co-Chair                       Co-Chair


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Sen. ANDREW LEVIN
Co-Chair


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Sen. CAROL FUKUNAGA
Co-Chair