Report Title:
Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; Procurement
Description:
Amends the Procurement Code to give the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation more autonomy regarding procurement matters. Raises threshold amount to qualify as small purchases from $25,000 to $100,000. (HB3087 HD1)
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
3087 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006 |
H.D. 1 |
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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:
SECTION 1. Section 103D-203, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The chief procurement officer for each of the following state entities shall be:
(1) The judiciary--the administrative director of the courts;
(2) The senate--the president of the senate;
(3) The house of representatives--the speaker of the house of representatives;
(4) The office of Hawaiian affairs--the chairperson of the board;
(5) The University of Hawaii--the president of the University of Hawaii;
(6) The department of education, excluding the Hawaii public library system--the superintendent of education; [and]
(7) The Hawaii health systems corporation—-the administrator of each hospital in the Hawaii health systems corporation or designee; and
[(7)] (8) The remaining departments of the executive branch of the State and all governmental bodies administratively attached to them--the administrator of the state procurement office of the department of accounting and general services."
SECTION 2. Section 103D-305, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§103D-305 Small purchases; prohibition against parceling. Procurements of less than [$25,000] $100,000 for goods, services, or construction shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in rules adopted by the policy board that are designed to ensure administrative simplicity and as much competition as is practicable; provided that multiple expenditures shall not be created at the inception of a transaction or project so as to evade the requirements of this chapter; and provided further that procurement requirements shall not be artificially divided or parceled so as to constitute a small purchase under this section."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.