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<br /> r Y <br /> STAND. COM. REP. NO. ~ / / <br /> Honolulu, Hawaii <br /> t ~ ~ 19 9 7 <br /> RE: H.B. No/. 1686 <br /> H.D. 1 ' <br /> F RECEIVED 'r <br /> (R+~ By <br /> Honorable Joseph M. Souki n~M. : l vl ~-i_.__ <br /> Speaker, House of Representatives Counry Cow,cil <br /> Nineteenth State Legislature <br /> Regular Session of 1997 <br /> State of Hawaii <br /> Sir: <br /> Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. <br /> 168u entitled: <br /> "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT," <br /> begs leave to report as follows: <br /> The purpose of this bill is to make the state procurement <br /> system more efficient by, among other things: <br /> (1) Allowing the Director of Taxation to waive the federal <br /> tax clearance requirements in certain cases to expedite <br /> the procurement process; <br /> (2) Clarifying that the procurement preference is to be <br /> applied during the bid or proposal process, and not to <br /> small purchases that would delay procurement action <br /> because of the qualification process; <br /> (3) Providing for the in-state preference on public works <br /> projects currently found in section 103-45.5, Hawaii <br /> Revised Statutes (HRS); <br /> (4) Changing the name of the "policy office" to .:e "policy <br /> board" to eliminate the confusion that currently exists <br /> because section 103D-204, HRS, provides for a <br /> procurement office; <br /> r;!-: r~o.___-.LEC~^ <br /> HSCR FIN HB1686 HDl ~,P. Presented- p{~,n,u~ <br /> <br />