THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2302
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to chief procurement officers.

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

SECTION 1. Section 103D-203, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

1. By amending subsection (a) to read:

"(a) The chief procurement officer for each of the following state entities shall be:

(1) The judiciary--the administrative director of the courts;

(2) The senate--the president of the senate;

(3) The house of representatives--the speaker of the house of representatives;

(4) The office of Hawaiian affairs--the chairperson of the board;

[(5) The University of Hawaii--the president of the University of Hawaii;

(6) The department of education, excluding the Hawaii public library system--the superintendent of education;]

[(7)] (5) The Hawaii health systems corporation--the chief executive officer of the Hawaii health systems corporation; and

[(8)] (6) The remaining departments of the executive branch of the State and all governmental bodies administratively attached to them--the administrator of the state procurement office of the department of accounting and general services."

2. By amending subsection (c) to read:

"(c) For purposes of applying this chapter to the judiciary, houses of the legislature, office of Hawaiian affairs, [University of Hawaii, department of education,] remaining departments of the executive branch and all governmental bodies administratively attached to them, and the several counties, unless otherwise expressly provided, "State" shall mean "judiciary", "state senate", "state house of representatives", "office of Hawaiian affairs", ["University of Hawaii", "department of education",] "executive branch", "county", "board of water supply" or "department of water supply", and "semi-autonomous public transit agency", respectively."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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; provided that the amendments made to section 103D-203, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by section 1 of this Act shall not be repealed when that section is reenacted on June 30, 2024, pursuant to section 16 of Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2021.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

University of Hawaii; Department of Education; Chief Procurement Officers; State Procurement Officer

Description:

Designates the state procurement officer as the chief procurement officer for both the University of Hawaii and the department of education.

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