THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2913
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018
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) Conduct or participate in procurement education and training for persons not employed by the State; and

(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,] any governmental body, 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. The program shall [include a] be mandatory [fundamental training and development session and follow-up training and development sessions.] for the procurement and contracting workforce delegated to procure and shall be accomplished prior to participating in or authorizing any procurement. The procurement and contracting workforce delegated to procure shall complete mandatory review training every three years thereafter; provided that anyone who fails to do so shall no longer have the authority to procure.

For purposes of this subsection "contracting workforce" shall include but not be limited to members of any committee or group responsible for evaluating requests for proposal.

(c) [Each state procurement officer of a department of the executive branch shall attend a mandatory fundamental training and development session within sixty days of being appointed or named to the position of procurement officer.] With the exception of the administrator, each chief procurement officer, executive department head, and their deputies, shall attend a mandatory fundamental training session within ninety days of being appointed.

(d) Each state procurement officer of a department of the executive branch whom the state procurement office determines is in need of further training and development based upon:

(1) The history of procurement compliance to this chapter by the agency to which the particular procurement officer is attached; or

(2) Any other need for training and development,

shall attend follow-up training and development sessions.

[(e) Attendance by state procurement officers at the follow-up training and development sessions, other than as required under subsection (d), and by county procurement officials at the fundamental and follow-up training and development sessions is optional, though encouraged.]"

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $100,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 to update training modules and implement the training for the procurement workforce of the State.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the state procurement office for the purposes of this Act.

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

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that section 2 shall take effect on July 1, 2018.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Procurement Officers; Education and Training; Appropriation

Description:

Requires all government procurement officers to attend a training and development program prior to participating in or authorizing any procurement. Requires all government procurement officers to complete review training every three years. Requires all procurement officers, department heads, and their deputies, except for the administrator, to attend mandatory procurement training within ninety days of appointment. Appropriates funds.

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