HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2529
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

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

     Section 1.  Section 213, Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

     "(d)  There are established in the treasury of the State four trust funds, to be known respectively as the Hawaiian home operating fund, the Hawaiian home receipts fund, the Hawaiian home trust fund, and the native Hawaiian rehabilitation fund, and one special fund to be known as the Hawaiian home administration account.  Expenditures and procurements less than $100,000 made from these trust funds and accounts shall be exempt from chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes; provided that the department shall develop internal policies and procedures for the procurement of goods, services, and construction that are consistent with the goals of public accountability and public procurement practices for expenditures from these funds.  The department is encouraged to use the provisions of chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, where possible; provided that the use of one or more provisions of chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall not constitute a waiver of the exemption from that chapter and shall not subject the department to any other provision of chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

The department shall submit an annual report to the legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of each regular session.  The report shall include, but not be limited to, solicitations of goods, services, and construction, types of procurements, and awardees."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2012; provided that on June 30, 2015, this Act shall be repealed and section 213, Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, shall be reenacted in the form in which it read on June 30, 2012.

Report Title:

Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Trust Funds; Procurement Code Exemption

Description:

Exempts expenditures less than $100,000 from the Hawaiian home operating fund, Hawaiian home receipts fund, Hawaiian home trust fund, native Hawaiian rehabilitation fund, and Hawaiian home administration account from the Hawaii public procurement code.  Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to submit an annual report to the legislature.  Repeals on June 30, 2015.  (SD1)

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