Report Title:

Procurement; Mandatory Training

Description:

Transfers responsibility for procurement training from Department of Human Resources Development to State Procurement Office; provides that training is to be mandatory for procurement officers as determined by the State Procurement Office, and elective for county officers.  (SB2826 HD1)

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2826
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008		S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 1

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 for state procurement officers as determined by the state procurement office to ensure that an agency's procurement practices are in compliance with the procurement code and that proper procurement decisions are made consistent with this chapter.  Attendance by county procurement officials shall be elective."

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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2034.