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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 103, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding to part I two new sections to be appropriately
 
 3 designated and to read as follows:
 
 4      "§103-    Definitions.  The definitions of chapter 103D
 
 5 shall apply to this chapter unless the context clearly requires
 
 6 otherwise.
 
 7      §103-    Application of this chapter.  (a)  This chapter
 
 8 shall apply to all governmental bodies unless specifically
 
 9 exempted.
 
10      (b)  The comptroller shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
 
11 91 necessary for the purposes of this chapter."
 
12      SECTION 2.  Chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
13 amended by adding to part IV four new sections to be
 
14 appropriately designated and to read as follows:
 
15      "§103D-    Indigenous and Polynesian introduced plants; use
 
16 in public landscaping.  (a)  Wherever and whenever feasible, all
 
17 plans, designs, and specifications for new or renovated
 
18 landscaping of any building, complex of buildings, facility,
 
19 complex of facilities, or housing developed by the State with
 

 
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 1 public moneys shall incorporate indigenous land plant species as
 
 2 defined in section 195D-2, and plant species brought to Hawaii by
 
 3 Polynesians before European contact, such as the kukui, noni, and
 
 4 coconut; provided that suitable cultivated plants can be made
 
 5 available for this purpose without jeopardizing wild plants in
 
 6 their natural habitat; and provided further that, wherever and
 
 7 whenever possible, indigenous plants shall be used for
 
 8 landscaping on the island or islands on which the species
 
 9 originated.
 
10      (b)  Each plant or group of plants used pursuant to
 
11 subsection (a) shall be clearly identified with signs for the
 
12 edification of the general public.
 
13      (c)  The policy board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
 
14 91 necessary for the purposes of this section.
 
15      §103D-    Provisions for pollution control.  All public
 
16 contracts awarded pursuant to this chapter shall make provisions
 
17 for control of pollution when encountered in the performance of
 
18 the contract.
 
19      §103D-    Energy efficiency through life-cycle costing. (a)
 
20 The procurement practices of the State and its counties shall
 
21 include energy efficient standards and policies, including life-
 
22 cycle costing.
 
23      (b)  In implementing life-cycle costing, the purchasing
 

 
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 1 agency shall be guided by energy efficiency standards and
 
 2 policies for purchasing various items developed and promulgated
 
 3 by the United States Department of Energy and other federal
 
 4 agencies, and by nationally recognized trade associations,
 
 5 including but not limited to the National Association of State
 
 6 Purchasing Officials, the National Institute of Governmental
 
 7 Purchasing, Inc., the National Association of Purchasing
 
 8 Management, and the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute.
 
 9 The purchasing agency shall notify bidders of information,
 
10 procedures, and forms required in implementing energy efficiency
 
11 standards and policies.  The information required shall include
 
12 purchasing standards and policies developed by federal agencies
 
13 and by nationally recognized agencies and associations, as well
 
14 as energy consumption and life-cycle cost data.
 
15      (c)  The purchasing agency shall consider purchasing via the
 
16 life-cycle costing method those classes of items for which
 
17 nationally recognized energy efficiency data have been developed.
 
18 These items shall include but not be limited to automobiles and
 
19 air conditioning systems.  The watt-saving variety of common-
 
20 sized fluorescent lamps shall be purchased except where standard
 
21 wattage of such lamps is specifically required by the using
 
22 agency.
 
23      §103D-    Value engineering clauses.  The State and each of
 

 
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 1 the respective counties shall insert clauses providing for value
 
 2 engineering incentives in all public works contracts for amounts
 
 3 in excess of $250,000.  The clauses shall provide:
 
 4      (1)  That cost reduction proposals submitted by contractors:
 
 5           (A)  Must require, in order to be applied to the
 
 6                contract, a change order thereto; and
 
 7           (B)  Must result in savings to the State or county, as
 
 8                the case may be, by providing less costly items
 
 9                than those specified in the contract without
 
10                impairing any of their essential functions and
 
11                characteristics such as service life, reliability,
 
12                substitutability, economy of operation, ease of
 
13                maintenance, and necessary standardized features.
 
14      (2)  That accepted cost reduction proposals shall result in
 
15           an equitable adjustment of the contract price so that
 
16           the contractor will share a portion of the realized
 
17           cost reduction."
 
18      SECTION 3.  Chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
19 amended by adding to part X four new sections to be appropriately
 
20 designated and to read as follows:
 
21      "§103D-    Taxpayer preference.  For evaluation purposes,
 
22 the bidder's tax-exempt price shall be increased by the
 
23 applicable retail rate of general excise tax and the applicable
 

 
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 1 use tax.  For competitive sealed bids, the lowest responsive,
 
 2 responsible bidder, taking into consideration the above increase,
 
 3 shall be awarded the contract, but the contract amount of any
 
 4 contract awarded shall be the amount of the price offered and
 
 5 shall not include the amount of the increase.
 
 6      §103D-    Preference for qualified community rehabilitation
 
 7 programs.  When a governmental agency contracts for purchases of
 
 8 services, a five per cent preference shall be given to services
 
 9 to be provided by nonprofit corporations or public agencies
 
10 operating qualified community rehabilitation programs in
 
11 conformance with criteria established by the department of labor
 
12 and industrial relations pursuant to chapter 91; provided that
 
13 contracts awarded under this section shall be exempt from the
 
14 wages provision of section 103-55.  The policy board shall adopt
 
15 rules under chapter 91 to establish the preference for nonprofit
 
16 corporations or public agencies operating qualified community
 
17 rehabilitation programs consistent with this section.
 
18      §103D-    Purchases from qualified community rehabilitation
 
19 programs.  (a)  Any public agency, without advertising or calling
 
20 for bids, may purchase goods or services provided by qualified
 
21 community rehabilitation programs serving persons with
 
22 disabilities that have indicated an interest in supplying the
 
23 goods or services and on an equitable basis may apportion the
 

 
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 1 business among the interested programs; provided that the goods
 
 2 and services meet the specifications and needs of the purchasing
 
 3 agency and are purchased at a fair market price as determined by
 
 4 the appropriate public agency; and provided further that the
 
 5 programs comply with the following:
 
 6      (1)  Meet all of the requirements of a qualified community
 
 7           rehabilitation program under section 103D-1001; and
 
 8      (2)  Maintain a disabled to non-disabled employee ratio
 
 9           equal to or in excess of three-to-one for work hours of
 
10           direct labor at all times on the work contracted.
 
11      (b)  The purchasing agency shall:
 
12      (1)  Receive and review proposals submitted by qualified
 
13           community rehabilitation programs to provide goods or
 
14           services and determine if they are suitable for
 
15           purchase by the agency;
 
16      (2)  Negotiate the conditions and terms for the purchase,
 
17           including the price of the offer, between the agency
 
18           and the qualified community rehabilitation program;
 
19           provided that the price of the offer shall not exceed
 
20           the fair market price and there is assurance that the
 
21           qualified community rehabilitation program proposal is
 
22           in compliance with all administrative rules related to
 
23           purchasing; and
 

 
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 1      (3)  Ensure that any good or service purchased from a
 
 2           qualified community rehabilitation program shall not be
 
 3           placed on the Hawaii products list under section 103D-
 
 4           1002.
 
 5      §103D-    Qualified community rehabilitation program;
 
 6 proposal to provide goods or services.  A qualified community
 
 7 rehabilitation program interested in selling goods or services to
 
 8 a public agency shall submit a proposal to the agency containing
 
 9 the following information:
 
10      (1)  A description of the good or service;
 
11      (2)  The price of the good or service; and
 
12      (3)  Documents and information necessary to qualify as a
 
13           qualified community rehabilitation program under
 
14           section 103D-1001."
 
15      SECTION 4.  Chapter 103, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
16 by amending the title to read as follows:
 
17                           "CHAPTER 103
 
18        EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC MONEY [AND PUBLIC CONTRACTS]"
 
19      SECTION 5.  Section 103-32.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
20 amended to read as follows:
 
21      "§103-32.1  Contract provision for retainage.  Any public
 
22 contract [issued under this chapter] may include a provision for
 
23 the retainage of a portion of the amount due under the contract
 

 
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 1 to the contractor to insure the proper performance of the
 
 2 contract; provided that [the]:
 
 3      (1)  The sum withheld by the [contracting] procurement
 
 4           officer from the contractor shall not exceed five per
 
 5           cent of the amount due the contractor and that after
 
 6           fifty per cent of the contract is completed and
 
 7           progress is satisfactory, no additional sum shall be
 
 8           withheld; [provided further that if]
 
 9      (2)  If progress is not satisfactory, the [contracting]
 
10           procurement officer may continue to withhold as
 
11           retainage, sums not exceeding five per cent of the
 
12           amount due the contractor[.]; and
 
13      (3)  The retainage shall not include sums deducted as
 
14           liquidated damages from moneys due or that may become
 
15           due the contractor under the contract."
 
16      SECTION 6.  Section 103-32.2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
17 amended to read as follows:
 
18      "[[]§103-32.2[]]  Substitution of retainage.  Any other law
 
19 to the contrary notwithstanding, any public contract [issued
 
20 under this chapter] may provide that the [contracting]
 
21 procurement officer may enter into an agreement with the
 
22 contractor which will allow the contractor to withdraw from time
 
23 to time the whole or any portion of the sum retained under
 

 
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 1 section 103-21.1 upon depositing with the [contracting]
 
 2 procurement officer any general obligation bond of the State or
 
 3 its political subdivisions with a market value not less than the
 
 4 sum to be withdrawn; provided that the [contracting] procurement
 
 5 officer may require that the total market value of such bond be
 
 6 greater than the sum to be withdrawn."
 
 7      SECTION 7.  Section 103-39.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 8 amended to read as follows:
 
 9      "[[]§103-39.5[]]  Construction, renovation, or repair of
 
10 school facilities; county permit exemption.  Any [contracts under
 
11 this chapter] public works contract for the construction,
 
12 renovation, or repair of public school facilities shall be exempt
 
13 from any requirement of a county that related off-site
 
14 improvements be made by the contracting government agency as a
 
15 condition to the issuance of any permit."
 
16      SECTION 8.  Section 103-50, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
17 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
18      "(a)  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all
 
19 plans and specifications for the construction of public buildings
 
20 and facilities by [the State or any county,] or on behalf of the
 
21 State or any county [subject to this chapter,] shall be prepared
 
22 so the buildings and facilities are accessible to and usable by
 
23 persons with disabilities.  The buildings and facilities shall
 

 
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 1 conform to the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility
 
 2 Guidelines, 36 C.F.R. Pt. 1191, as adopted and amended by the
 
 3 architectural access committee."
 
 4      SECTION 9.  Section 103-50.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 5 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
 
 6      "(b)  The committee shall have the authority to vary
 
 7 specific requirements of section 103-50 when the variance will
 
 8 ensure an alternate design that provides [equal] reasonable
 
 9 access for persons with disabilities; and to establish guidelines
 
10 for design specifications not covered in the Americans with
 
11 Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines, 36 C.F.R. Pt. 1191, as
 
12 adopted and amended by the architectural access committee."
 
13      SECTION 10.  Section 103-55, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
14 amended to read as follows:
 
15      "§103-55  Wages, hours, and working conditions of employees
 
16 of contractors [supplying] performing services.(a)  Before any
 
17 [prospective bidder is entitled to submit any bid for the
 
18 performance of any] offeror enters into a contract to [supply]
 
19 perform services in excess of [$5,000] $25,000 to any
 
20 governmental agency, the [bidder] offeror shall certify that the
 
21 services to be performed will be performed under the following
 
22 conditions:
 
23      Wages.  The services to be rendered shall be performed by
 

 
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 1 employees paid at wages or salaries not less than the wages paid
 
 2 to public officers and employees for similar work.
 
 3      Compliance with labor laws.  All applicable laws of the
 
 4 federal and state governments relating to workers' compensation,
 
 5 unemployment compensation, payment of wages, and safety will be
 
 6 fully complied with.
 
 7      (b)  No contract to perform services for any governmental
 
 8 contracting agency in excess of [$5,000] $25,000 shall be granted
 
 9 unless all the conditions of this section are met. Failure to
 
10 comply with the conditions of this section during the period of
 
11 contract to perform services shall result in cancellation of the
 
12 contract, unless such noncompliance is corrected within a
 
13 reasonable period as determined by the [contracting] procurement
 
14 officer.  [Payment in the final settlement] Final payment of a
 
15 contract or release of bonds or both shall not be made unless the
 
16 [contracting] procurement officer has determined that the
 
17 noncompliance has been corrected.
 
18      It shall be the duty of the governmental contracting agency
 
19 awarding the contract to perform services in excess of [$5,000]
 
20 $25,000 to enforce this section.
 
21      (c)  This section shall apply to all contracts to perform
 
22 services in excess of [$5,000,] $25,000, including contracts to
 
23 supply ambulance services and janitorial services.
 

 
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 1      This section shall not apply to:
 
 2      (1)  Managerial, supervisory, or clerical personnel.
 
 3      (2)  Contracts for supplies, materials, or printing.
 
 4      (3)  Contracts for utility services.
 
 5      (4)  Contracts to perform personal services under paragraphs
 
 6           (2), (3), (12), and (15) of section 76-16.
 
 7      (5)  Contracts for professional services.
 
 8     [(5)] (6)  Contracts to operate refreshment concessions in
 
 9           public parks, or to provide food services to
 
10           educational institutions.
 
11     [(6)] (7)  Contracts with nonprofit institutions."
 
12      SECTION 11.  Section 103-72, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
13 amended to read as follows:
 
14      "[[]§103-72[]]  Transcription of instructional materials.
 
15 Contracts for the procurement of instructional materials shall
 
16 include a provision whereby the State has the right to transcribe
 
17 and reproduce the material in braille, large print, recordings,
 
18 or other media for the use of [handicapped] physically disabled
 
19 students, including the visually [handicapped,] impaired, unable
 
20 to use the material in conventional print and form. Such right
 
21 shall include the right to make those corrections, revisions, and
 
22 other modifications as may be necessary."
 
23      SECTION 12.  Section 103D-102, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 

 
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 1 amended to read as follows:
 
 2      "§103D-102  Application of this chapter.  (a)  This chapter
 
 3 shall apply to all procurement contracts made by governmental
 
 4 bodies whether the consideration for the contract is cash,
 
 5 revenues, realizations, receipts, or earnings, any of which the
 
 6 State receives or is owed; in-kind benefits; or forbearance;
 
 7 provided that nothing in this chapter or rules adopted hereunder
 
 8 shall prevent any governmental body from complying with the terms
 
 9 and conditions of any other grant, gift, bequest, or cooperative
 
10 agreement.
 
11      (b)  Notwithstanding subsection (a), this chapter shall not
 
12 apply to contracts by governmental bodies:
 
13      (1)  Solicited or entered into before July 1, 1994, unless
 
14           the parties agree to its application to a contract
 
15           solicited or entered into prior to July 1, 1994;
 
16      (2)  To disburse funds, irrespective of their source:
 
17           (A)  For grants, subsidies, or purchases of services as
 
18                those terms are defined in [section 42D-1,]
 
19                chapters 42F and 103F, made in accordance with
 
20                standards provided by law as required by article
 
21                VII, section 4, of the State Constitution; or by
 
22                the counties pursuant to their respective charters
 
23                or ordinances;
 

 
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 1           (B)  To make payments to or on behalf of public
 
 2                officers and employees for salaries, fringe
 
 3                benefits, professional fees, or reimbursements;
 
 4           (C)  To satisfy obligations that the State is required
 
 5                to pay by law, including paying fees, permanent
 
 6                settlements, subsidies, or other claims, making
 
 7                refunds, and returning funds held by the State as
 
 8                trustee, custodian, or bailee;
 
 9           (D)  For entitlement programs, including public
 
10                assistance, unemployment, and workers'
 
11                compensation programs, established by state or
 
12                federal law;
 
13           (E)  For dues and fees of organizations of which the
 
14                State or its officers and employees are members,
 
15                including the National Association of Governors,
 
16                the National Association of State and County
 
17                Governments, and the Multi-State Tax Commission;
 
18           (F)  For deposit, investment, or safekeeping, including
 
19                expenses related to their deposit, investment, or
 
20                safekeeping;
 
21           (G)  To governmental bodies of the State; and
 
22           (H)  As loans, under loan programs administered by a
 
23                governmental body;
 

 
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 1      (3)  To procure goods, services, or construction from a
 
 2           governmental body other than the University of Hawaii
 
 3           bookstores, from the federal government, or from
 
 4           another state or its political subdivision; [provided
 
 5           that University of Hawaii departments and programs,
 
 6           without regard to this chapter, may procure goods and
 
 7           services from the University of Hawaii bookstores that
 
 8           are routinely stocked and marketed and not specially
 
 9           ordered;
 
10      (4)  To procure goods or services for the office of
 
11           intercollegiate athletics of the University of Hawaii
 
12           at Manoa with moneys from the University of Hawaii at
 
13           Manoa intercollegiate athletics revolving fund;
 
14      (5)  To procure goods or services, including the following:
 
15           (A)  Services of expert witnesses for potential and
 
16                actual litigation of legal matters involving the
 
17                State, its agencies, and its officers and
 
18                employees, including administrative quasi-
 
19                judicial proceedings;
 
20           (B)  Works of art for museum or public display;
 
21           (C)  Research and reference materials including books,
 
22                maps, periodicals, and pamphlets, which are
 
23                published in print, video, audio, magnetic, or
 

 
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 1                electronic form;
 
 2           (D)  Meats and foodstuffs for the Kalaupapa settlement;
 
 3           (E)  Opponents for athletic contests;
 
 4           (F)  Utility services whose rates or prices are fixed
 
 5                by regulatory processes or agencies;
 
 6           (G)  Performances, including entertainment, speeches,
 
 7                and cultural and artistic presentations;
 
 8           (H)  Goods and services for commercial resale by the
 
 9                State;
 
10           (I)  Services of printers, rating agencies, support
 
11                facilities, fiscal and paying agents, and
 
12                registrars for the issuance and sale of the
 
13                State's or counties' bonds; and
 
14           (J)  Travel arrangements purchased by the University of
 
15                Hawaii for its intercollegiate athletic programs;]
 
16      (4)  For procurements which the policy board determines by
 
17           rule or the chief procurement officer determines in
 
18           writing is available from multiple sources but for
 
19           which procurement by competitive means is either not
 
20           practicable or not advantageous to the State; and
 
21     [(6)] (5)  Which are specific procurements expressly exempt
 
22           from any or all of the requirements of this chapter by:
 
23           (A)  References in state or federal law to provisions
 

 
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 1                of this chapter or a section of this chapter, or
 
 2                references to a particular requirement of this
 
 3                chapter; and
 
 4           (B)  Trade agreements, including the Uruguay Round
 
 5                General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT),
 
 6                which require certain non-construction and non-
 
 7                software development procurements by the
 
 8                comptroller to be conducted in accordance with its
 
 9                terms.
 
10      (c)  Governmental bodies making procurements which are
 
11 exempt from this chapter are nevertheless encouraged to adopt and
 
12 use provisions of this chapter and its implementing rules as
 
13 appropriate; provided that the use of one or more provisions
 
14 shall not constitute a waiver of the exemption conferred and
 
15 subject the procurement or the governmental body to any other
 
16 provision of this chapter."
 
17      SECTION 13.  Section 103D-201, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
18 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
 
19      "(b)  The policy board shall consist of seven members.
 
20 Notwithstanding the limitations of section 78-5, the members of
 
21 the board shall include:
 
22      (1)  The comptroller;
 
23      (2)  A county employee with significant high-level
 

 
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 1           procurement experience; and
 
 2      (3)  Five persons who shall not otherwise be full-time
 
 3           employees of[, or contractors with,] the State or any
 
 4           county; provided that at least one member shall be a
 
 5           certified professional in the field of procurement, at
 
 6           least one member shall have significant high-level,
 
 7           federal procurement experience, and at least two
 
 8           members shall have significant experience in the field
 
 9           of health and human services.
 
10 Each appointed member shall have demonstrated sufficient business
 
11 or professional experience to discharge the functions of the
 
12 policy board.  The initial and subsequent members of the policy
 
13 board, other than the comptroller, shall be appointed by the
 
14 governor from a list of three individuals for each vacant
 
15 position, submitted by a nominating committee composed of four
 
16 individuals chosen as follows:  two persons appointed by the
 
17 governor; one person appointed by the president of the senate;
 
18 and one person appointed by the speaker of the house.  Except as
 
19 provided in this section, the selection and terms of the policy
 
20 board members shall be subject to the requirements of section 26-
 
21 34.  No member of the policy board shall act concurrently as a
 
22 chief procurement officer.  The members of the policy board shall
 
23 devote such time to their duties as may be necessary for the
 

 
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 1 proper discharge thereof."
 
 2      SECTION 14.  Section 103D-203, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 3 amended to read as follows:
 
 4      "§103D-203  Chief procurement officers.(a)  The chief
 
 5 procurement officer for each of the following state entities
 
 6 shall be:
 
 7      (1)  The judiciary--the administrative director of the
 
 8           courts;
 
 9      (2)  The senate--the president of the senate;
 
10      (3)  The house of representatives--the speaker of the house
 
11           of representatives;
 
12      (4)  The office of Hawaiian affairs--the chairperson of the
 
13           board;
 
14     [(5)  The University of Hawaii--the president of the
 
15           University of Hawaii;
 
16      (6)] (5)  The department of education, excluding the Hawaii
 
17           public library system--the superintendent of education;
 
18           and
 
19     [(7)] (6)  The remaining departments of the executive branch
 
20           of the State and all governmental bodies
 
21           administratively attached to them--the administrator of
 
22           the state procurement office of the department of
 
23           accounting and general services.
 

 
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 1      (b)  The chief procurement officers for each of the several
 
 2 counties shall be:
 
 3      (1)  The executive branch--the respective finance directors
 
 4           of the several counties[; and], except as provided in
 
 5           paragraphs (3) and (4);
 
 6      (2)  The legislative branch--the respective chairpersons of
 
 7           the councils of the several counties;
 
 8      (3)  The Honolulu, Kauai, and Maui boards or departments of
 
 9           water supply--the respective managers and chief
 
10           engineers of the boards or departments of water supply
 
11           as designated by county charter; and
 
12      (4)  The Hawaii board of water supply--the manager of the
 
13           board of water supply as designated by county charter;
 
14 provided that the chief procurement officers designated under
 
15 paragraphs (1) [and], (2), (3), and (4) shall not exercise their
 
16 powers or duties over contracting in a manner contrary to the
 
17 respective county's charter, ordinances, or rules adopted in
 
18 accordance with chapter 91.
 
19      (c)  For purposes of applying this chapter to the judiciary,
 
20 houses of the legislature, office of Hawaiian affairs, department
 
21 of education, [University of Hawaii,] remaining departments of
 
22 the executive branch and all governmental bodies administratively
 
23 attached to them, and the several counties, unless otherwise
 

 
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 1 expressly provided, "State" shall mean "judiciary," "state
 
 2 senate," "state house of representatives," "office of Hawaiian
 
 3 affairs," "department of education," ["University of Hawaii,"]
 
 4 "executive branch," [and] "county," and "board of water supply,"
 
 5 or "department of water supply," respectively."
 
 6      SECTION 15.  Section 103D-309, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 7 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
 8      "(a)  [No contract] Contracts awarded pursuant to section
 
 9 103D-302, 103D-303, or 103D-306 shall not be binding or of any
 
10 force and effect unless the comptroller, the director of finance
 
11 of a county, or the respective chief financial officers of [the
 
12 University of Hawaii,] the department of education, the
 
13 judiciary, or the legislative branches of the State or county, as
 
14 the case may be, endorses thereon a certificate that there is an
 
15 appropriation or balance of an appropriation over and above all
 
16 outstanding contracts, sufficient to cover the amount required by
 
17 the contract; provided that if the contract is a multi-term
 
18 contract, the comptroller, director of finance, or chief
 
19 financial officer shall only be required to certify that there is
 
20 an appropriation or balance of an appropriation over and above
 
21 all outstanding contracts, that is sufficient to cover the amount
 
22 required to be paid under the contract during the fiscal year or
 
23 remaining portion of the fiscal year of each term of the multi-
 

 
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 1 year contract[; provided further that this].  This section shall
 
 2 not apply to any contract under which the total amount to be paid
 
 3 to the contractor cannot be accurately estimated at the time the
 
 4 contract is to be awarded, or to any contract for which
 
 5 consideration is in kind or forbearance[.], or to any contract
 
 6 awarded pursuant to section 103D-306 that is a one-time payment
 
 7 through a purchase order."
 
 8      SECTION 16. Section 103D-703.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 9 amended to read as follows:
 
10      "[[]§103D-703.5[]]  Settlement [on performance bonds.] of
 
11 default by contractor.  Upon default of a contractor, the
 
12 purchasing agency may accept moneys in satisfaction of the
 
13 contractor's obligation on a contract whether such moneys are
 
14 realized from the performance surety's obligation on its bond[.],
 
15 an insurer's obligation on the contractor's policy, or any other
 
16 source of moneys accepted as satisfaction of the contractor's
 
17 default.  Such moneys shall be deemed to be trust moneys and
 
18 shall be deposited into a trust account with and under the
 
19 control of the purchasing agency.  These moneys and the interest
 
20 earned thereon shall be used for the completion of such contract.
 
21 Upon completion of the contract, any excess moneys shall be
 
22 deposited in the general fund unless otherwise restricted."
 
23      SECTION 17.  Section 103D-1001, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 

 
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 1 amended by adding five new definitions to be appropriately
 
 2 inserted and to read as follows:
 
 3      ""Direct labor" means all work required for preparation,
 
 4 processing, or packing of goods or performance of services, but
 
 5 not work relating to supervision, administration, inspection, or
 
 6 shipping.
 
 7      "Fair market price" means the price of a product or service
 
 8 paid by a willing buyer to a willing seller, that is reasonably
 
 9 comparable to prices on the open market.
 
10      "Person with disabilities" means any person who is so
 
11 severely incapacitated by any physical or mental disability that
 
12 the person cannot engage in normal competitive employment because
 
13 of the disability.
 
14      "Public agency" means any agency of the State or county.
 
15      "Qualified community rehabilitation program" means a
 
16 nonprofit community rehabilitation program for persons with
 
17 disabilities that:
 
18      (1)  Is organized and incorporated under the laws of the
 
19           United States or this State, and located in this State;
 
20      (2)  Is operated in the interest of and employs persons with
 
21           disabilities;
 
22      (3)  Does not inure any part of its net income to any
 
23           shareholder or other individual;
 

 
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 1      (4)  Complies with all applicable occupational health and
 
 2           safety standards required by the federal, state, and
 
 3           county governments; and
 
 4      (5)  Holds a current certificate from the United States
 
 5           Department of Labor pursuant to the Fair Labor
 
 6           Standards Act, Title 29 United States Code section
 
 7           214(c), and is certified by the state department of
 
 8           labor and industrial relations under section 387-9 and
 
 9           applicable administrative rules relating to the
 
10           employment of persons with disabilities."
 
11      SECTION 18.  Section 103D-1001.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
 
12 is amended to read as follows:
 
13      "[[]§103D-1001.5[]]  Application of this part.  The
 
14 preferences in this part shall apply, when applicable, to
 
15 procurements made pursuant to [sections] section 103D-302 [and]
 
16 or 103D-303[.] or both."
 
17      SECTION 19.  Section 103D-1003, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
18 amended to read as follows:
 
19      "§103D-1003  Printing, binding, and stationery work.(a)
 
20 All bids [or proposals] submitted for a printing, binding, or
 
21 stationery section 103D-302 contract in which all work will be
 
22 performed in-state, including all preparatory work, presswork,
 
23 bindery work, and any other production-related work, to include
 
24 storage and shipping costs, shall receive a fifteen per cent
 

 
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 1 preference for purposes of bid [or proposal] evaluation.
 
 2      (b)  Where bids [or proposals] are for work performed in-
 
 3 state and out-of-state, then for the purpose of selecting the
 
 4 lowest bid [or evaluating proposals] submitted only, the amount
 
 5 bid [or proposed] for work performed out-of-state shall be
 
 6 increased by fifteen per cent.  The lowest total [offer,] bid,
 
 7 taking the preference into consideration, shall be awarded the
 
 8 contract unless the solicitation provides for additional award
 
 9 criteria.  The contract amount awarded, however, shall be the
 
10 amount of the price offered, exclusive of the preference."
 
11      SECTION 20.  Section 103D-1007, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
12 amended by amending subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
 
13      "(c)  In any section 103D-302 or section 103D-303 contract
 
14 for a public works project, a state agency shall award the
 
15 contract to [a bidder] an offeror who has filed all state tax
 
16 returns due to the State and paid all amounts owing on such
 
17 returns for two successive years prior to submitting the [bid;]
 
18 offer; provided that the amount of that [bid] offer is not more
 
19 than seven per cent higher than the amount [bid] offered by any
 
20 competing contractor who has not filed or paid all applicable
 
21 state taxes, and the amount of the [bid] offer by the state tax
 
22 paying [bidder] offeror is $5,000,000 or less.
 
23      (d)  In any section 103D-302 or section 103D-303 contract
 

 
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 1 for a public works project, a state agency shall award the
 
 2 contract to [a bidder] an offeror who has filed all state tax
 
 3 returns due to the State and paid all amounts owing on such
 
 4 returns for four successive years prior to submitting the [bid;]
 
 5 offer; provided that the amount of that [bid] offer is not more
 
 6 than seven per cent higher than the amount [bid] offered by any
 
 7 competing contractor who has not filed or paid all applicable
 
 8 state taxes, and the amount of the [bid] offer by the state tax
 
 9 paying [bidder] offeror is more than $5,000,000."
 
10      SECTION 21.  Section 103D-1207, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
11 amended to read as follows:
 
12      "[[]§103D-1207[]]  Annual inventory reporting by county
 
13 mayors to administrator of the state procurement office.  Each
 
14 county mayor, before September 16 of each year, shall prepare and
 
15 file with the administrator of the state procurement office an
 
16 annual inventory return of all nonexpendable state property in
 
17 the use, custody, or possession for the time being of the county
 
18 or any of its officers.  The annual inventory return shall
 
19 contain the following:
 
20      (1)  A summary and list by detailed item description and
 
21           carrying value of all nonexpendable state property on
 
22           hand as of July 1 of the year for which the return is
 
23           made;
 

 
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 1      (2)  A summary and list by detailed item description and
 
 2           carrying value of all nonexpendable state property
 
 3           disposed of during the year elapsed since the return
 
 4           made as of the preceding July 1; and
 
 5      (3)  A sworn statement certifying the information on the
 
 6           return, property listings, and carrying values provided
 
 7           with the return to be full, true, and correct to the
 
 8           best knowledge, information, and belief of the officer
 
 9           making the return."
 
10      SECTION 22.  Section 103D-1208, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
11 amended to read as follows:
 
12      "[[]§103D-1208[]]  Annual inventory reporting by county
 
13 officers to council.  Every officer, head of department, agent,
 
14 employee, and other person in the employ of the county, having in
 
15 their custody or under their control or using property belonging
 
16 to the county, each year within forty-five days following the
 
17 close of the county's fiscal year, shall prepare and file with
 
18 the council of the county an annual inventory return of all
 
19 nonexpendable county property in the possession, custody,
 
20 control, or use of the officer, head of department, agent,
 
21 employee, or other person making the annual inventory return, or
 
22 of the offices or departments over which the officer presides.
 
23 The annual inventory return shall contain the following:
 

 
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 1      (1)  A summary and list by detailed item description and
 
 2           carrying value of all nonexpendable county property on
 
 3           hand as of the close of the county's fiscal year for
 
 4           which the return is made;
 
 5      (2)  A summary and list by detailed item description and
 
 6           carrying value of all nonexpendable county property
 
 7           acquired and disposed of during the year elapsed since
 
 8           the return made as of the preceding close of the fiscal
 
 9           year; and
 
10      (3)  A sworn statement certifying the information on the
 
11           return, property listings, and carrying values provided
 
12           with the return to be full, true, and correct to the
 
13           best knowledge, information, and belief of the officer
 
14           making the return."
 
15      SECTION 23.  Section 128-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
16 amended to read as follows:
 
17      "§128-10  Other powers.  The governor further, irrespective
 
18 of the existence of a civil defense emergency period, may:
 
19      (1)  Cooperate with the President and the heads of the armed
 
20           forces, and the civil defense agency of the United
 
21           States, and with the officers and agencies of other
 
22           states in matters pertaining to the civil defense of
 
23           the State and nation and the incidents thereof, and
 

 
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 1           take any measures which the governor may consider
 
 2           proper to carry into effect any request of the
 
 3           President or the appropriate federal officers and
 
 4           agencies, for any action looking to civil defense;
 
 5      (2)  Lease, lend, or otherwise furnish, on such terms and
 
 6           conditions as the governor may consider necessary to
 
 7           promote the public welfare and protect the interest of
 
 8           the State, any real or personal property of the state
 
 9           government or its political subdivisions, to the
 
10           President, the heads of the armed forces, or to the
 
11           civil defense agency of the United States;
 
12      (3)  On behalf of the State enter into mutual aid agreements
 
13           or compacts with the federal government and with other
 
14           states.  The agreements or compacts shall be limited to
 
15           civil defense.  It may be provided in an interstate
 
16           compact, and the governor with the advice and consent
 
17           of the political subdivisions included within the scope
 
18           of the compact, may agree on behalf of the State that;
 
19           (A)  Each party state shall extend to the civil defense
 
20                forces of any other party state, while operating
 
21                within its state limits under the terms and
 
22                conditions of the compact, the same powers (except
 
23                that of arrest unless specifically authorized by
 

 
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 1                the receiving state), duties, rights, privileges,
 
 2                and immunities as if they were performing their
 
 3                duties in the state in which normally employed or
 
 4                rendering services;
 
 5           (B)  Whenever any person holds a license, certificate,
 
 6                or other permit issued by any state evidencing the
 
 7                meeting of qualifications for professional,
 
 8                mechanical, or other skills, the person may render
 
 9                aid involving this skill in any party state to
 
10                meet an emergency or disaster and the state shall
 
11                give due recognition to such license, certificate,
 
12                or other permit as if issued in the state in which
 
13                aid is rendered;
 
14           (C)  No party state or its officers or employees
 
15                rendering aid in another state pursuant to the
 
16                compact shall be liable on account of any act or
 
17                omission on the part of the forces while so
 
18                engaged, or on account of the maintenance or use
 
19                of any materials, equipment, goods, or facilities
 
20                in connection therewith;
 
21           (D)  As an alternative to paragraph (C), such other or
 
22                modified form of immunity as the governor may find
 
23                acceptable;
 

 
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 1           (E)  Each party state shall provide for the payment of
 
 2                compensation and death benefits to injured members
 
 3                of the civil defense forces of that state and the
 
 4                representatives of deceased members of the forces
 
 5                in case the members sustain injuries or are killed
 
 6                while rendering aid pursuant to the compact, in
 
 7                the same manner and on the same terms as if the
 
 8                injury or death were sustained within the state;
 
 9           (F)  Any party state rendering aid in another state
 
10                pursuant to the compact shall be reimbursed by the
 
11                party state receiving aid, or by the United States
 
12                government under plans approved by it, for any
 
13                loss or damage to, or expense incurred in the
 
14                operation of any equipment answering a request for
 
15                aid, and for all costs incurred in connection with
 
16                requests for aid; provided that this paragraph
 
17                shall not be deemed to preclude the State, if it
 
18                is the aiding state, from assuming in whole or in
 
19                part the loss, damage, expense, or other cost, or
 
20                from loaning the equipment or donating the
 
21                services to the receiving party state without
 
22                charge or cost;
 
23           (G)  Any party state receiving evacuees shall be
 

 
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 1                reimbursed generally for the out-of-pocket
 
 2                expenses incurred in receiving and caring for the
 
 3                evacuees, for expenditures for transportation,
 
 4                food, clothing, medicines, and medical care, and
 
 5                like items; the expenditures shall be reimbursed
 
 6                by the party state of which the evacuees are
 
 7                residents, or by the United States government
 
 8                under plans approved by it; and
 
 9           (H)  In the event of an evacuation, the party state of
 
10                which the evacuees are residents shall, after the
 
11                termination of the emergency or disaster, assume
 
12                the responsibility for the ultimate support or
 
13                repatriation of the evacuees;
 
14      (4)  Sponsor and develop mutual aid plans and agreements for
 
15           civil defense between the political subdivisions of the
 
16           State and between one or more political subdivisions
 
17           and other public or private agencies, for the
 
18           furnishing or exchange of food, clothing, medicine, and
 
19           other materials; engineering services, emergency
 
20           housing; police services; health, medical, and related
 
21           services; fire fighting, rescue, transportation, and
 
22           construction services and facilities; personnel
 
23           necessary to provide or conduct these services; and
 

 
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 1           such other materials, facilities, personnel, and
 
 2           services as may be needed. The mutual aid plans and
 
 3           agreements may be made with or without provisions for
 
 4           reimbursement of costs and expenses, and on such terms
 
 5           and conditions as are deemed necessary;
 
 6      (5)  Order and direct government agencies, officers, and
 
 7           employees, state or local, to take such action and
 
 8           employ such measures for law enforcement, medical,
 
 9           health, fire fighting, traffic control, warnings, and
 
10           signals, engineering, rescue, construction, emergency
 
11           housing, and other welfare, hospitalization,
 
12           transportation, water supply, public information,
 
13           training, and other civil defense and emergency
 
14           functions as may be necessary, and utilize the
 
15           services, materials, and facilities of the agencies and
 
16           officers.  All such agencies and officers shall
 
17           cooperate with and extend their services, materials,
 
18           and facilities to the governor as the governor may
 
19           request;
 
20      (6)  Take possession of, use, manage, control, and
 
21           reallocate any public property, state or county, real
 
22           or personal, required by the governor for the purposes
 
23           of this chapter, including, without limitation,
 

 
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 1           airports, parks, playgrounds, and schools, and other
 
 2           public buildings.  Whenever the property is so taken
 
 3           the governor shall have power to make such provision
 
 4           for the temporary accommodation of the government
 
 5           service affected thereby as the governor may deem
 
 6           advisable.  Like provisions may be made at any time
 
 7           whenever it is necessary to relocate any government
 
 8           service because of any emergency condition;
 
 9      (7)  Utilize all services, materials, and facilities of
 
10           nongovernmental agencies, relief organizations,
 
11           community associations, and other civil groups and
 
12           private agencies that may be made available;
 
13      (8)  Receive, expend, or use contributions or grants in
 
14           money, property, or services, or loans of property, or
 
15           special contributions or grants in money, property, or
 
16           services, or loans of property, for special purposes
 
17           provided for by this chapter; establish funds in the
 
18           treasury for the deposit and expenditure of the moneys;
 
19           procure federal aid as the same may be available, and
 
20           apply the provisions of chapter 29 in cases of federal
 
21           aid even though not in the form of money.  The
 
22           contributions or grants are appropriated for the
 
23           purposes of this chapter, or for the special purposes;
 

 
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 1      (9)  Provide for the repair and maintenance of public
 
 2           property, whenever adequate provision therefor is not
 
 3           otherwise made; insure the property against any war
 
 4           risk, including without limitation damage or loss
 
 5           resulting from or arising out of an attack or action in
 
 6           resisting or combating an attack or apparent attack;
 
 7           provide for the restoration, renovation, replacement,
 
 8           or reconstruction of insured property in the event of
 
 9           damage or loss, and make temporary restoration of
 
10           public utilities and other vital facilities in the
 
11           event of an attack or other disaster;
 
12     (10)  Purchase, make, produce, construct, rent, lease, or
 
13           procure by condemnation or otherwise, transport, store,
 
14           install, maintain, and insure, repair, renovate,
 
15           restore, replace, or reconstruct, and distribute,
 
16           furnish, or otherwise dispose of, with or without
 
17           charges therefor, materials and facilities for civil
 
18           defense and other emergency functions; procure federal
 
19           aid therefor whenever feasible; and take any measures
 
20           which may, in the governor's opinion, secure,
 
21           stimulate, or increase similar activities by private or
 
22           public persons or organizations.  Chapter 103D,
 
23           sections [103-49,] 103-50, 103-50.5, 103-53 [through
 

 
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 1           103-57], 103-55, 105-1 to 105-10, and 464-4 shall not
 
 2           apply to any civil defense or other emergency functions
 
 3           if and to the extent that the governor finds that the
 
 4           provisions, in whole or in part, impede or tend to
 
 5           impede the expeditious discharge of the functions, or
 
 6           that compliance therewith is impracticable due to
 
 7           existing conditions. In cases of extreme urgency during
 
 8           a civil defense emergency period the governor may
 
 9           suspend the penal provisions of sections 46-45 and 103-
 
10           9, except those provisions that concern falsification;
 
11     (11)  Appoint, employ, train, equip, and maintain, with
 
12           compensation, or on a volunteer basis without
 
13           compensation and without regard to chapters 76, 77, and
 
14           79, part II of chapter 88 and section 78-1, such
 
15           agencies, officers, and other persons as the governor
 
16           deems necessary to carry out this chapter; determine to
 
17           what extent any law prohibiting the holding of more
 
18           than one office or employment applies to the agencies,
 
19           officers, and other persons; and subject to section
 
20           128-15, provide for and effect the interchange of
 
21           personnel, by detail, transfer, or otherwise, between
 
22           the State and any political subdivision, or among any
 
23           agencies or departments of the State;
 

 
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 1     (12)  Make charges in such cases and in such amounts as the
 
 2           governor deems advisable, for any property sold, work
 
 3           performed, services rendered, or accommodations or
 
 4           facilities furnished by the government under this
 
 5           chapter; and make charges for licenses or permits to
 
 6           cover administrative expense connected therewith;
 
 7     (13)  Make such contracts as may be necessary to carry out
 
 8           this chapter;
 
 9     (14)  Establish special accounting forms and practices
 
10           whenever necessary; and
 
11     (15)  Take any and all steps necessary or appropriate to
 
12           carry out the purposes of this chapter and to provide
 
13           for civil defense and other emergency functions.
 
14 The powers and authority conferred upon the governor by this
 
15 chapter are in addition to any other powers or authority
 
16 conferred upon the governor by the laws of the United States and
 
17 of the State for the same or a like purpose, and shall not be
 
18 construed as abrogating, limiting, or modifying any such powers,
 
19 or authority."
 
20      SECTION 24.  Section 128-13, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
21 amended to read as follows:
 
22      "§128-13  Power and authority of local organizations.  Each
 
23 political subdivision shall have the power and authority:
 

 
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 1      (1)  Deputy director's staff.  To provide, for the deputy
 
 2           director of such political subdivision, an assistant or
 
 3           assistants whose appointment shall be approved by the
 
 4           director of civil defense, and such technical,
 
 5           clerical, stenographic, and other personnel, office
 
 6           space, furniture, equipment, supplies, and funds as may
 
 7           be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
 
 8           Chapter 76 shall apply to the full-time deputy director
 
 9           or the deputy director's first assistant.
 
10      (2)  Appropriations, etc. To make appropriations and
 
11           authorize expenditures for the purposes of this
 
12           chapter, including the power to place under the control
 
13           of the governor, for expenditure as matching funds for
 
14           federal aid, or for any purpose within the powers of
 
15           the governor, moneys appropriated by it; to make
 
16           appropriations and authorize expenditures for the
 
17           purposes of this chapter out of the normal revenues or
 
18           fund balances or surpluses of the political
 
19           subdivision, notwithstanding any legal restrictions
 
20           upon the purposes for which the funds may be expended,
 
21           except[,] that pension and retirement funds, funds set
 
22           aside for the redemption of bonds or the payment of
 
23           interest thereon, trust funds, loan funds, and funds
 

 
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 1           received from the federal government or from any person
 
 2           for specific purposes shall not be affected.
 
 3      (3)  Procurement, etc. To purchase, make, produce,
 
 4           construct, rent, lease, or procure by condemnation, or
 
 5           otherwise, transport, store, install, maintain, and
 
 6           insure, repair, renovate, restore, replace or
 
 7           reconstruct, and distribute, furnish or otherwise
 
 8           dispose of, with or without charges, materials and
 
 9           facilities for civil defense; and to procure federal
 
10           aid therefor whenever feasible.  Chapter 103D, sections
 
11           [103-41 to 103-57,] 103-50, 103-50.5, 103-53, 103-55,
 
12           105-1 to 105-10, and 464-4 shall not apply to any civil
 
13           defense functions of and to the extent that the mayor
 
14           finds that the provisions, in whole or in part, impede
 
15           or tend to impede the expeditious discharge of the
 
16           functions, or that compliance therewith is
 
17           impracticable due to existing conditions.
 
18      (4)  Personnel.  To provide for the appointment, employment,
 
19           training, equipping, and maintaining, with
 
20           compensation, or on a volunteer basis without
 
21           compensation and without regard to chapters 76, 77, 79,
 
22           and 88 and section 78-1, of such agencies, officers,
 
23           and other persons as it deems necessary to carry out
 

 
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 1           this chapter; to determine to what extent any law
 
 2           prohibiting the holding of more than one office or
 
 3           employment applies to the agencies, officers, and other
 
 4           persons; and subject to section 128-15, to provide for
 
 5           the interchange of personnel, by detail, transfer or
 
 6           otherwise, between agencies or departments of the
 
 7           political subdivision, or between political
 
 8           subdivisions.
 
 9      (5)  Contributions.  To receive, expend, or use
 
10           contributions or grants in money, property, or
 
11           services, or loans of property, or special
 
12           contributions or grants in money, property, or
 
13           services, or loans of property, for special purposes
 
14           provided for by this chapter.
 
15      (6)  Charges.  To make charges in such cases and in such
 
16           amounts as it deems advisable, for any property sold,
 
17           work performed, services rendered, or accommodations or
 
18           facilities furnished by the political subdivision under
 
19           this chapter.
 
20      (7)  Contracts.  To make or authorize such contracts as may
 
21           be necessary to carry out this chapter.
 
22      (8)  Mutual aid plans. To participate in and carry out
 
23           mutual aid plans and agreements or compacts, sponsored
 

 
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 1           or developed by the state civil defense agency.
 
 2      (9)  Continuity of government.  To insure continuity of
 
 3           government during a civil defense emergency period, the
 
 4           legislative body of a county may by ordinance, unless
 
 5           otherwise provided by law, provide the procedure for
 
 6           the appointment and designation of stand-by officers
 
 7           for the legislative body and the elected chief
 
 8           executive of the county for the emergency period, who
 
 9           shall serve in the event of the unavailability of the
 
10           officers for whom they stand by."
 
11      SECTION 25.  Section 382-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
12 amended to read as follows:
 
13      "§382-3  Government operations.  After the issuance of a
 
14 proclamation pursuant to section 382-2 and during the emergency
 
15 thereby proclaimed, the governor may seize and take possession of
 
16 and operate the entire plant and facilities, including related
 
17 facilities, of any stevedoring company whose operations are
 
18 suspended or substantially reduced, or so much thereof, or such
 
19 interest therein, as the governor may deem necessary in order to
 
20 carry out the purposes of this chapter.
 
21      Such government operations may be conducted by the governor
 
22 through such department or agency of the State as the governor
 
23 may designate and the governor may delegate to such agency such
 

 
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 1 of the governor's powers as are necessary to conduct the
 
 2 operations.
 
 3      The governor shall have such power and authority as shall be
 
 4 reasonably necessary to conduct such government operations in a
 
 5 manner consistent with the public health, safety, and welfare,
 
 6 including, without limitation upon the generality of the
 
 7 foregoing, the power to make such contracts and arrangements with
 
 8 ship owners, charterers, agents, and operators, wharf and pier
 
 9 owners and operators, stevedoring companies, trucking operators,
 
10 warehouse workers and other persons as may be required in order
 
11 to provide stevedoring services and related services.  The
 
12 governor may make contracts without regard to chapter 103D and
 
13 sections [103-41 to 103-57] 103-50, 103-50.5, 103-53, and 103-55
 
14 and, specifically, the certificate of the comptroller as to the
 
15 availability of an unexpended appropriation or balance of an
 
16 appropriation to cover the amount required by any such contract
 
17 shall not be required."
 
18      SECTION 26.  Section 103-15, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
19 repealed.
 
20      ["§103-15  Contract provisions to consider traffic.(a)
 
21 Unless otherwise prohibited by law, all public contracts awarded
 
22 under this chapter shall consider the extent to which the work
 
23 undertaken pursuant to the contract will increase traffic
 

 
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 1 congestion.  The contract shall contain provisions to reasonably
 
 2 minimize any adverse impact.
 
 3      (b)  The feasibility of off-hour construction shall be
 
 4 considered for all public contracts that result in significant
 
 5 traffic congestion or delay during the term of the contract.
 
 6      (c)  As used in this section, "off-hour construction" means
 
 7 construction performed between the hours of six o'clock p.m. and
 
 8 six o'clock a.m."]
 
 9      SECTION 27.  Section 103-21, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
10 repealed.
 
11      ["§103-21  Officer defined.  The term "procurement officer"
 
12 as used in chapter 103D with respect to contracts entered into by
 
13 a county or a board, bureau, or commission thereof authorized to
 
14 contract in its own behalf, means the council of the county or
 
15 the governing body of such board, bureau, or commission as
 
16 constituted by law, or such officer as is authorized by the
 
17 county council or the board, bureau, or commission to act as its
 
18 contracting officer."]
 
19      SECTION 28.  Section 103-22.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
20 repealed.
 
21      ["§103-22.1  Services of the handicapped.  When a
 
22 governmental agency contracts for or purchases services, five per
 
23 cent preference shall be given to services to be performed by
 

 
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 1 nonprofit corporations or public agencies operating sheltered
 
 2 workshops servicing the handicapped in conformance with criteria
 
 3 established by the department of labor and industrial relations
 
 4 pursuant to chapter 91; provided that service contracts awarded
 
 5 under this section shall be exempt from the wages provision of
 
 6 section 103-55.  The state comptroller shall adopt rules under
 
 7 chapter 91 to establish the preference for the services to be
 
 8 performed by nonprofit corporations or public agencies operating
 
 9 sheltered workshops consistent with this section."]
 
10      SECTION 29.  Section 103-24.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
11 repealed.
 
12      ["§103-24.6  Indigenous and Polynesian introduced plants;
 
13 use in public landscaping.(a)  Wherever and whenever feasible,
 
14 all plans, designs, and specifications for new or renovated
 
15 landscaping of any building, complex of buildings, facility,
 
16 complex of facilities, or housing developed by the State with
 
17 public moneys shall incorporate indigenous land plant species, as
 
18 defined in section 195D-2, and plant species brought to Hawaii by
 
19 Polynesians before European contact, such as the kukui, noni, and
 
20 coconut; provided that suitable cultivated plants can be made
 
21 available for this purpose without jeopardizing wild plants in
 
22 their natural habitat; and provided further that wherever and
 
23 whenever possible, indigenous land plants shall be used for
 

 
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 1 landscaping on the island or islands on which the species
 
 2 originated.
 
 3      (b)  Each plant or group of plants used pursuant to
 
 4 subsection (a) shall be clearly identified with signs for the
 
 5 edification of the general public.
 
 6      (c)  The policy board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
 
 7 91 to carry out the purposes of this section."]
 
 8      SECTION 30.  Section 103-49, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 9 repealed.
 
10      ["§103-49  Value engineering clauses; rules.  The State and
 
11 each of the respective counties shall insert clauses providing
 
12 for value engineering incentives in all public works contracts
 
13 for amounts in excess of $100,000.  The clauses shall provide:
 
14      (1)  That cost reduction proposals submitted by contractors:
 
15           (A)  Must require, in order to be applied to the
 
16                contract, a change order thereto; and
 
17           (B)  Must result in savings to the State or county, as
 
18                the case may be, by providing less costly items
 
19                than those specified in the contract without
 
20                impairing any of their essential functions and
 
21                characteristics such as service life, reliability,
 
22                economy of operation, ease of maintenance, and
 
23                necessary standardized features.
 

 
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 1      (2)  That accepted cost reduction proposals shall result in
 
 2           an equitable adjustment of the contract price so that
 
 3           the contractor will share a portion of the realized
 
 4           cost reduction.
 
 5      The policy office shall adopt, pursuant to chapter 91, such
 
 6 rules as may be necessary and proper to implement this section,
 
 7 provide adequate incentives to contractors, realize savings for
 
 8 the State or counties, and to otherwise carry out the purposes of
 
 9 this section."]
 
10      SECTION 31.  Section 103-53.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
11 repealed.
 
12      ["§103-53.5  Tax adjustment for out-of-state vendors and
 
13 tax-exempt bidders.  Where the bidder or vendor is an out-of-
 
14 state vendor not doing business in the State or is a person
 
15 exempted from paying the applicable general excise tax, the
 
16 package bid or purchase price, for the purpose of determining the
 
17 lowest price bid, shall be increased by the applicable retail
 
18 rate of general excise tax and the applicable use tax. The lowest
 
19 responsible bidder, taking into consideration the above
 
20 increases, shall be awarded the contract, but the contract amount
 
21 of any contract awarded shall not include the amount of the
 
22 increases."]
 
23      SECTION 32.  Section 103-54, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 

 
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 1 repealed.
 
 2      ["§103-54  Wages of certain laborers paid weekly; penalty.
 
 3 All contracts executed pursuant to this chapter involving the
 
 4 employment of laborers shall provide for weekly payment of wages
 
 5 to all laborers whose rate of compensation is $5 or less per day.
 
 6 Every laborer employed by the contractor or any subcontractor
 
 7 under any such contract whose rate of compensation is $5 or less
 
 8 per day shall be paid the laborer's wages weekly by the laborer's
 
 9 employer, whether or not the requirement is set forth in the
 
10 contract.  Every contractor or subcontractor who violates this
 
11 section shall be fined not more than $500."]
 
12      SECTION 33.  Section 103-56, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
13 repealed.
 
14      ["§103-56  Pay days.  Except as provided in section 103-54
 
15 the fifteenth and last days in each month shall be the pay days
 
16 of all employees engaged in constructing or repairing roads,
 
17 bridges, or streets for the State."]
 
18      SECTION 34.  Section 103-57, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
19 repealed.
 
20      ["§103-57  Only citizens employed, exception.  No person
 
21 shall be employed as a mechanic or laborer upon any public work
 
22 carried on by the State or by any political subdivision thereof,
 
23 whether the work is done by contract or otherwise, unless the
 

 
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 1 person is a citizen of the United States and of the State or
 
 2 eligible to become such a citizen; provided that in cases where
 
 3 it is not reasonably practicable to obtain competent persons with
 
 4 the foregoing qualifications, persons without such qualifications
 
 5 may, with the approval of the governor where the compensation for
 
 6 such employment is paid out of state funds, or with the approval
 
 7 of the mayor where the compensation for such employment is paid
 
 8 out of county funds or out of funds under the control of any
 
 9 county board, bureau, or commission, be employed until persons
 
10 with such qualifications competent for such services can be
 
11 obtained."]
 
12      SECTION 35.  Section 103-58, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
13 repealed.
 
14      ["§103-58  Officers, etc., forbidden interest in government
 
15 contracts.  No officer or head of any department of the State or
 
16 of any political or municipal subdivision thereof having the
 
17 power to make or award a contract on the part of the government
 
18 shall, on behalf of the State or of such subdivision thereof
 
19 under which he may be elected or appointed, as the case may be,
 
20 make, or award, or participate in the awarding of a contract to
 
21 himself or to any partnership or corporation in which he is a
 
22 member or stockholder when the contract involves the expenditure
 
23 of government funds in excess of $50.
 

 
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 1      Nor shall any officer or head of any department of the State
 
 2 or any subdivision thereof before or after award of contracts,
 
 3 gain an interest as subcontractor or otherwise for which he shall
 
 4 receive a consideration of over $50 in any contract which he has
 
 5 made or awarded or participated in the making or awarding of, on
 
 6 behalf of the State or on behalf of any subdivision thereof under
 
 7 which he may be elected or appointed, as the case may be.  This
 
 8 section shall not apply (1) if the contract is made with a
 
 9 corporation in which the officer of the State or any subdivision
 
10 thereof has the ownership of not more than five per cent of the
 
11 capital stock if it be a corporation or joint stock company; (2)
 
12 if any contract made by the State or any subdivision thereof is
 
13 awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after advertisement for
 
14 sealed tenders according to law in cases where the sum to be
 
15 expended is $1,000 or more; or (3) if any contract is awarded to
 
16 the lowest responsible bidder when requests of the same character
 
17 have been made to the principal dealers, contractors, persons,
 
18 partnerships, or corporations doing such work or selling such
 
19 commodities for sealed tenders for the same in cases where the
 
20 sum to be expended is more than $50 and less than $100."]
 
21      SECTION 36.  Section 103-59, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
22 repealed.
 
23      ["§103-59  Violation voids contract.  A violation of section
 

 
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 1 103-58 shall render the contract or agreement in respect of which
 
 2 such violation occurs void."]
 
 3      SECTION 37.  Section 103-60, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 4 repealed.
 
 5      ["§103-60  Penalty.  Any person who violates section 103-58
 
 6 shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than
 
 7 one year, or both."]
 
 8      SECTION 38.  Section 103-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 9 repealed.
 
10      ["[§103-71]  Energy efficiency through life-cycling costing.
 
11 (a)  The procurement practices of the State and its counties
 
12 shall include energy efficiency standards and policies, including
 
13 life-cycle costing.  These shall be developed and introduced into
 
14 procurement procedures by July 1, 1978.
 
15      (b)  In implementing life-cycle costing, the purchasing
 
16 agent shall be guided by energy efficiency standards and policies
 
17 for purchasing various items developed and promulgated by the
 
18 United States Department of Energy and other federal agencies,
 
19 and by nationally recognized trade associations, including but
 
20 not limited to the Institute of Government Purchasing Agents, the
 
21 Purchasing Management Association, and the Air Conditioning and
 
22 Refrigeration Institute.  The purchasing agent shall notify
 
23 bidders of information, procedures and forms required in
 

 
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 1 implementing energy efficiency standards and policies.  The
 
 2 information required shall include purchasing standards and
 
 3 policies developed by federal agencies and by nationally
 
 4 recognized agencies and associations, as well as energy
 
 5 consumption and life-cycle cost data.
 
 6      (c)  The purchaser shall consider purchasing via the life-
 
 7 cycle costing method those classes of items for which nationally
 
 8 recognized energy efficiency data have been developed.  These
 
 9 items shall include but not be limited to automobiles and air
 
10 conditioning systems.  The watt-saving variety of common-sized
 
11 fluorescent lamps shall be purchased except where standard
 
12 wattage of such lamps is specifically required by the using
 
13 agency."]
 
14      SECTION 39.  Parts III and V of chapter 103, Hawaii Revised
 
15 Statutes, are repealed.
 
16      SECTION 40.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
17 New statutory material is underscored.
 
18      SECTION 41.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
 
19 
 
20                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________
 

 
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