Report Title:

Procurement; Mandatory Training

Description:

Requires state and county procurement officers to undergo annual procurement training furnished by the state procurement office.

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2826
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 103D-110, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§103D-110  Education and training. (a)  The department of human resources development, either alone or in cooperation with any governmental body, including the department of labor and industrial relations, or in cooperation with other states, the federal government, or other persons may:

    [(1) Develop and maintain a comprehensive training and development program for procurement professionals of the State and the several counties;

(2)] (1)  Conduct or participate in procurement education and training for persons not employed by the State; and

    [(3)] (2)  Sponsor a purchasing certification program conducted by a voluntary organization of procurement professionals.

(b)  The state procurement office, in cooperation with the department of human resources development, shall develop and maintain a procurement practices training and development program for procurement officers of the State and the several counties.  Attendance shall be mandatory and procurement officers of the State and several counties shall be required to attend such training annually to ensure that their agency's procurement practices are in compliance with the procurement code and any amendments made thereto.  The focus of the procurement practices training and development program shall include, but is not limited to, complying with procurement procedures and practices and making proper procurement decisions consistent with this chapter."

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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

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