HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
H.D. 2 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
S.D. 1 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROCUREMENT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that as the largest department in the State with nearly three hundred schools and twenty-five thousand employees, the department of education must procure numerous pieces of career and technical education equipment. Examples of career and technical education equipment include anatomy tables, flight simulators, and welding simulators. These types of equipment allow for student learning simulations that can be too expensive or not pragmatic for students to perform in a regular classroom setting. While students are encouraged to explore career options and acquire the technical skills and knowledge to work towards industry-recognized certifications and high-demand careers, the lack of access to these types of equipment can severely limit the technical skills and knowledge students need for the degrees in which they are pursuing, requiring them to wait to gain those skills upon employment or in other secondary licensure programs after high school.
Despite the advantages and opportunities that these pieces of equipment can provide, the process to procure them can be lengthy, complicated, and can deter schools from purchasing them. Books and maps are exempted from the Hawaii public procurement code as it is not advantageous to the State to procure these materials by competitive means. In a similar manner, career and technical education equipment should be exempt, as procurement by competitive means is adversely affecting the opportunities for students to acquire necessary technical skills and knowledge.
Therefore, the purpose of this Act is to exempt from the Hawaii public procurement code educational materials and related training for direct student instruction in career and technical education programs within the department of education.
SECTION 2. Section 103D-102, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), this chapter
shall not apply to contracts by governmental bodies:
(1) Solicited or entered into before July 1, 1994,
unless the parties agree to its application to a contract solicited or entered
into [prior to] before July 1, 1994;
(2) To disburse funds, irrespective of their
source:
(A) For grants as defined in section 42F-101, made
by the State in accordance with standards provided by law as required by
article VII, section 4, of the state constitution; or by the counties pursuant
to their respective charters or ordinances;
(B) To make payments to or on behalf of public
officers and employees for salaries, fringe benefits, professional fees, or
reimbursements;
(C) To satisfy obligations that the State is
required to pay by law, including paying fees, permanent settlements,
subsidies, or other claims, making refunds, and returning funds held by the
State as trustee, custodian, or bailee;
(D) For entitlement programs, including public
assistance, unemployment, and workers' compensation programs, established by
state or federal law;
(E) For dues and fees of organizations of which
the State or its officers and employees are members, including the National
Association of Governors, the National Association of State and County
Governments, and the Multi-State Tax Commission;
(F) For deposit, investment, or safekeeping,
including expenses related to their deposit, investment, or safekeeping;
(G) To governmental bodies of the State;
(H) As loans, under loan programs administered by
a governmental body; and
(I) For contracts awarded in accordance with
chapter 103F;
(3) To procure goods, services, or construction
from a governmental body other than the University of Hawaii bookstores, from
the federal government, or from another state or its political subdivision;
(4) To procure the following goods or services [which]
that are available from multiple sources but for which procurement by
competitive means is either not practicable or not advantageous to the State:
(A) Services of expert witnesses for potential and
actual litigation of legal matters involving the State, its agencies, and its
officers and employees, including administrative quasi-judicial proceedings;
(B) Works of art for museum or public display;
(C) Research and reference materials including
books, maps, periodicals, and pamphlets, which are published in print, video,
audio, magnetic, or electronic form;
(D) Meats and foodstuffs for the Kalaupapa
settlement;
(E) Opponents for athletic contests;
(F) Utility services whose rates or prices are fixed
by regulatory processes or agencies;
(G) Performances, including entertainment,
speeches, and cultural and artistic presentations;
(H) Goods and services for commercial resale by
the State;
(I) Services of printers, rating agencies, support
facilities, fiscal and paying agents, and registrars for the issuance and sale
of the State's or counties' bonds;
(J) Services of attorneys employed or retained to
advise, represent, or provide any other legal service to the State or any of
its agencies, on matters arising under laws of another state or foreign
country, or in an action brought in another state, federal, or foreign
jurisdiction, when substantially all legal services are expected to be
performed outside this State;
(K) Financing agreements under chapter 37D; [and]
(L) Educational
materials and related training for direct student instruction in career and
technical education programs as defined in section 302A-101, including
supplies, implements, tools, machinery, electronic devices, or other goods
purchased by the department of education; and
[(L)]
(M) Any other goods or services [which]
that the policy board determines by rules or the chief procurement
officer determines in writing is available from multiple sources but for which
procurement by competitive means is either not practicable or not advantageous
to the State; and
(5) [Which] That are specific
procurements expressly exempt from any or all of the requirements of this
chapter by:
(A) References in state or federal law to
provisions of this chapter or a section of this chapter, or references to a
particular requirement of this chapter; and
(B) Trade agreements, including the Uruguay Round
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) [which] that
require certain non-construction and non-software development procurements by
the comptroller to be conducted in accordance with its terms."
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.
Report Title:
DOE; Procurement; Exemption; Career and Technical Education
Description:
Exempts from
the Hawaii Public Procurement Code educational materials and related training
for direct student instruction in career and technical education programs
within the Department of Education. (SD1)
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