STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3800

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2499

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

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 H.B. No. 2499, H.D. 2, 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 designate the Chief Financial Officer of the University of Hawaii to act as the University of Hawaii's chief procurement officer.

Your Committee finds that designating the Dean of the College of Engineering as the University of Hawaii's chief procurement officer will ensure that the university continues to conduct construction procurements in a compliant, efficient, and transparent manner.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending section 103D-203, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to designate the Dean of the College of Engineering as the University of Hawaii's chief procurement officer;

(2) Inserting repeal and reenactment instructions into the effective date section of the bill to clarify that the Dean of the College of Engineering shall remain the University of Hawaii's chief procurement officer after section 103D-203, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed and reenacted pursuant to Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, and this measure; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for 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 H.B. No. 2499, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2499, H.D. 2, 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