HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1180
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

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

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the integrity of the state procurement process can be undermined by subcontractors who have engaged in unethical conduct on previous jobs.

     The purpose of this Act is to ensure that subcontractors who work on public works projects are held to the same standards as contractors by amending the definition of contractor in chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include subcontractors.

     SECTION 2.  Section 103D-104, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "contractor" to read:

     ""Contractor" means any person having a contract with a governmental body[.] and includes subcontractors."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

Report Title:

Procurement; Subcontractors; Sanctions

Description:

Amends the definition of contractor in Chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the Hawaii Procurement Code.  (HB1180 HD1)

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