STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2083

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2023

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1518

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 3

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1518, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Provide, until June 30, 2025, procurement exemptions for the Department of Education in counties with a population of less than five hundred thousand; and

 

     (2)  Require the Department of Education to transition to the Electronic Procurement System maintained by the State Procurement Office no later than June 30, 2025.

 

     Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Education and State Procurement Office.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing all dollar amounts related to the procurement exemptions to unspecified amounts; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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 S.B. No. 1518, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1518, S.D. 2, H.D. 3.

 

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

 

 

 

 

____________________________

KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair