Report Title:

Public Works; Verification of Licensure

Description:

Requires offerors to submit verifiable proof all of applicable trade licenses upon acceptance of their offer.  (SB2748 HD1)

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2748
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 103D-310, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  All offerors, upon award of contract, shall comply with all laws governing entities doing business in the [State,] state, including chapters 237, 383, 386, 392, and 393.  Offerors shall produce documents to the procuring officer to demonstrate compliance with this subsection[.], including verifiable proof that every person providing work under the contract, including the general contractor and subcontractor, is appropriately licensed to perform their trade or specialty.  Any offeror making a false affirmation or certification under this subsection shall be suspended from further offerings or awards pursuant to section 103D-702.  The procuring officer shall verify compliance with this subsection for all contracts awarded pursuant to sections 103D-302, 103D-303, 103D-304, and 103D-306; provided that the attorney general may waive the requirements of this subsection for contracts for legal services if the attorney general certifies in writing that comparable legal services are not available in this [State.] state."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2034.