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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to local purchasing preference.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
"§27-
Contracts for natural
landscaping materials; percentage to be from within the State. (a) The department of education,
department of health, department of corrections and rehabilitation, department
of defense, department of accounting and general services, and university of
Hawaii system shall each ensure that a certain percentage of the natural
landscaping materials purchased for public schools, youth campuses, public
hospitals, public prisons, and public facilities and any purchases made directly
by the university of Hawaii for use in its academic programs is as follows:
(1) By January 1, 2028, local natural
landscaping materials shall constitute a minimum of ten per cent of the total natural
landscaping materials purchased during each year, as measured by the per cent
of total natural landscaping materials cost;
(2) By January 1, 2030, local natural
landscaping materials shall constitute a minimum of twenty per cent of the
total natural landscaping materials purchased during each year, as measured by
the per cent of total natural landscaping materials cost; and
(3) By January 1, 2032, local natural
landscaping materials shall constitute a minimum of thirty per cent of the
total natural landscaping materials purchased during each year, as measured by
the per cent of total natural landscaping materials cost.
(b) The department of education,
department of health, department of corrections and rehabilitation,
department of defense, department of accounting and general services, and university
of Hawaii system shall each submit a report to the legislature no later
than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session on progress
made toward meeting the benchmarks described in subsection (a), including:
(1) The total cost of natural
landscaping materials during the year preceding that regular session;
(2) The percentage of the total cost of natural
landscaping materials purchased during the year preceding that regular session,
accounted for by the total cost of local natural landscaping materials
purchased; and
(3) If the department or university of
Hawaii system did not meet the relevant benchmark described in subsection (a),
an explanation of why the department or university of Hawaii system did not
meet that benchmark.
The
report may be combined with the report required under section 27-8(b).
(c) As used in this section:
"Local
natural landscaping materials" means natural landscaping materials, of
which more than fifty per cent of the wholesale value is added by manufacture,
processing, production, or harvesting in Hawaii.
"Natural
landscaping materials" means materials used for landscaping, of which at
least fifty per cent by weight is derived from previously living matter. "Natural landscaping materials" includes
wood mulch and compost.
"Year"
shall have the same meaning as in section 27-8."
SECTION 2. Section 27-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§27-8 Contracts for food; percentage to be grown within the State. (a) The department of education, department of health, department of corrections and rehabilitation, department of defense, and university of Hawaii system shall each ensure that a certain percentage of the food purchased for public schools, youth campuses, public hospitals, public prisons, and any purchases made directly by the university of Hawaii for use in its academic programs, as applicable, is fresh local agricultural products and local value-added, processed, agricultural, or food products, as follows:
(1) By January 1, 2025, fresh local agricultural
products and local value-added, processed, agricultural, or food products shall
constitute a minimum of ten per cent of the total food purchased
during each [calendar] year, as measured by the per cent of total food
cost; provided that the department of education shall be exempt from the
requirements of this paragraph;
(2) By
January 1, 2030, fresh local agricultural products and local value-added,
processed, agricultural, or food products shall constitute a minimum of
eighteen per cent of the total food purchased during each [calendar]
year, as measured by the per cent of total food cost; provided that the
department of education shall be exempt from the requirements of this paragraph
and instead shall be subject to the requirements in section 302A-405.6(a);
(3) By
January 1, 2035, fresh local agricultural products and local value-added,
processed, agricultural, or food products shall constitute a minimum of
twenty-six per cent of the total food purchased during each [calendar]
year, as measured by the per cent of total food cost; provided that the
department of education shall be exempt from the requirements of this
paragraph;
(4) By January 1, 2040, fresh local
agricultural products and local value-added, processed, agricultural, or food
products shall constitute a minimum of thirty‑four per cent of the total food
purchased during each [calendar] year, as measured by the per cent of
total food cost;
(5) By January 1, 2045, fresh local
agricultural products and local value-added, processed, agricultural, or food
products shall constitute a minimum of forty-two per cent of the total food
purchased during each [calendar] year, as measured by the per cent of
total food cost; and
(6) By January 1, 2050, fresh local
agricultural products and local value-added, processed, agricultural, or food
products shall constitute a minimum of fifty per cent of the total food
purchased during each [calendar] year, as measured by the per cent of
total food cost.
(b) The department of education,
department of health, department of corrections and rehabilitation,
department of defense, and [University] university of Hawaii
system shall each submit a report to the legislature no later than
twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session on progress made
toward meeting the benchmarks described in subsection (a), including:
(1) The total cost of food purchased during
the [calendar] year preceding that regular session[, or in the case
of the department of education, during the school year preceding that regular
session];
(2) The percentage of the total cost of
food purchased during the [calendar] year preceding that regular
session, accounted for by the total cost of fresh local agricultural products
and local value-added, processed, agricultural, or food products purchased[,
or in the case of the department of education, during the school year preceding
that regular session]; and
(3) If the department or [University]
university of Hawaii system did not meet the relevant benchmark
described in subsection (a), an explanation of why the department or [University]
university of Hawaii system did not meet that benchmark.
The report may be combined with the
report required under section 27- (b).
(c) As used in this section:
"Fresh
local agricultural products" means fruits, vegetables, nuts, coffee, eggs,
poultry and poultry products, livestock and livestock products, milk and milk
products, aquacultural and maricultural products, and horticultural products,
that are one hundred per cent grown, raised, and harvested in Hawaii.
"Local
value-added, processed, agricultural, or food products" means a
product for which at least fifty-one per cent of its primary agricultural
product is grown, raised, and harvested in Hawaii.
"Primary agricultural product" means the major agricultural product in a processed or value-added agricultural or food product.
"Year" means calendar year; provided that for the department of education, "year" means school year."
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.
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Report Title:
DOE; DOH; DCR; DOD; DAGS; UH; Local Preference; Landscaping Materials; Mulch; Compost; Soil
Description:
Gradually
requires that by 2032, 30% of natural landscaping materials purchased by certain
departments be purchased from sources that manufacture, process, produce, or
harvest the natural landscaping materials in Hawaii. Applies to the Department of Education, Department
of Health, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Department of Defense,
Department of Accounting and General Services, and University of Hawaii.
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.