STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2906

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2202

       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 S.B. No. 2202, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SMALL PURCHASES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the minimum amounts for certain purchases made in accordance with small purchase procedures under the public procurement code.

 

     More specifically, the measure:

 

     (1)  Increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the minimum amount for purchases constituting small purchase procurements; and

 

     (2)  Sets at $75,000 the minimum amount for purchases constituting small purchase procurements in a federally declared disaster area; provided that the procurement is through an electronic system and reported to the State Procurement Office.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the State Procurement Office.

 

     Your Committee finds that increasing the minimum amount for purchases constituting small purchase procurements will help account for inflation and the rising cost of goods.  Your Committee also finds that increasing the small purchase threshold for a federally declared disaster area will help facilitate response and recovery efforts after disasters.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Making the measure effective upon approval; and

 

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive edits 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 S.B. No. 2202, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2202, 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