REPORT TITLE:
Public contracts; payment


DESCRIPTION:
Requires the comptroller to adopt administrative rules as may be
necessary to implement the law relating to the prompt payment of
public contracts.  Specifies that the administrative rules
include a system of graduated penalties for violations.
Establishes penalties for failure of a contractor to pay a
subcontractor promptly.  (HB122 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 103-10.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "[[]§103-10.5[]]  Prompt payment.  (a)  Any money, other
 
 4 than retainage, paid to a contractor shall be dispersed to
 
 5 subcontractors within ten days after receipt of the money in
 
 6 accordance with the terms of the subcontract[,]; provided that
 
 7 the subcontractor has met all the terms and conditions of the
 
 8 subcontract and there are no bona fide disputes.  Upon final
 
 9 payment to the contractor, full payment to the subcontractor,
 
10 including retainage, shall be made within ten days after receipt
 
11 of the money[,]; provided there are no bona fide disputes over
 
12 the subcontractor's performance under the subcontract.
 
13      (b)  Failure of a contractor to pay a subcontractor in
 
14 accordance with this section shall result in a violation.  Each
 
15 nonpayment to a subcontractor shall constitute a separate
 
16 violation.
 
17      (c)  The comptroller shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
 
18 91 as may be necessary to implement this section.  The rules
 
19 shall include a system of graduated penalties for succeeding
 
20 offenses, including monetary fines, payment of interest to the
 

 
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 1 subcontractor, and debarment for noncomplying contractors."
 
 2      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 3 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 4      SECTION 3.  This Act, upon its approval, shall apply to all
 
 5 contracts executed after July 1, 1999.