CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 115-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2008

RE:    S.B. No. 2826

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2826, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to coordinate the responsibility of developing and maintaining a training and development program for state and county procurement officers between the Department of Human Resources Development and the State Procurement Office.

     This measure also makes initial training mandatory for state procurement officers.  In addition, the State Procurement Office may determine if subsequent training of a state procurement officer is necessary.  However, attendance at training is elective for county procurement officers.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that procurement training is an important and vital tool for ensuring that proper procurement practices are achieved in expenditures of public moneys.  Your Committee on Conference further finds that the responsibility for conducting procurement training is more appropriately situated with the State Procurement Office, with the assistance of the Department of Human Resources Development.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring all state procurement officers to attend a fundamental training and development session within sixty days of being appointed or named as procurement officer;

     (2)  Requiring state procurement officers who are determined by the state procurement office to need further training and development to attend follow-up training and development sessions:

          (A)  Based upon the history of procurement compliance to this chapter by the agency to which the particular procurement officer is attached; or

          (B)  Based upon any other need for training and development;

     (3)  Making attendance by all other state procurement officers at the follow-up sessions and by county procurement officials at the fundamental sessions and all follow-up sessions optional, though encouraged; and

     (4)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2009, on the recommendation of the State Procurement Office.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2826, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2826, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Co-Chair	____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair
____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Co-Chair	____________________________ SHAN S. TSUTSUI, Co-Chair
____________________________ JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA, Co-Chair