Bill Text: HI HB1127 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Procurement; Procurement Officers; Education and Training; Appropriation ($)
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-2)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-05-01 - Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-15 2:40PM in conference room 016. [HB1127 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-HB1127-Amended.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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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 consistent application of the procurement code across various state and county procuring agencies will provide for a more competent and accountable procurement policy. The State's decentralized procurement structure and varied training requirements have resulted in inconsistent and sometimes questionable implementations of the procurement code across numerous agencies. There are twenty-one different chief procurement officers that may delegate their authority, which may lead to hundreds of state employees conducting or participating in procurements each year with little training or tracking.
The legislature further finds that the state procurement office has the responsibility for developing and administering a statewide procurement orientation and training program, as well as developing and administering procurement manuals for all state procurement officials. The legislature supports the state procurement office's efforts to implement accessible statewide training and best practices, with a phased-in training plan to meet statewide procurement needs, including additional positions for a training section and a complete learning management system.
The purpose of this Act is to require the state procurement office to provide mandatory procurement training and any additional training as the chief procurement officers may determine for all state and county government employees that are charged with procurement.
SECTION 2. 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)] (a) The state procurement
office[, in cooperation with the department of human resources development,]
shall develop and maintain a statewide procurement practices training
and development program for all procurement officers, including
deputy attorneys general executing and providing advice on procurement
contracts, of [the State and the several counties,] all
governmental bodies to ensure that [an agency's] statewide
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 mandatory fundamental training and development session and
follow-up training and development sessions[.], as identified by the
state procurement office; provided that the state procurement office shall
conduct mandatory follow-up training and development sessions under this
subsection at regular intervals of at least once every twelve months.
[(c)] (b) Each [state
procurement officer of a department of the executive branch] government
employee delegated with procurement authority of a State or county agency
shall attend a mandatory fundamental training and development session, as
developed by the state procurement office, within sixty days of being delegated
with procurement authority, appointed, or named to the position of
procurement officer[.] of any governmental body.
[(d)] (c) 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[.] in addition to any follow-up training and development
session required under this section, as determined by the state procurement
office.
(d) Each chief procurement officer may develop further training for the officer's respective jurisdiction as necessary for any procurement officer with procurement delegation authority pursuant to the officer's authority established in section 103D-205.
(e) Attendance by state and county 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.] shall be mandatory. A procurement officer who is unable to
attend a follow-up or development session shall notify the state procurement
office in writing, and comply with the state procurement office's direction for
rescheduling the training.
(f) The chief procurement officers and executive department directors shall provide a list of employees with delegated procurement authority to the state procurement office for reporting and verification of procurement training requirements. The list of procurement officers shall be updated by the chief procurement officers by the end of each fiscal year, or more often as appropriate."
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2015-2016 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016-2017 for the development and maintenance of a statewide procurement practices training and development program for all procurement officers of all governmental bodies, as those terms are defined in section 103D-104, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the state procurement office for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Procurement; Procurement Officers; Education and Training; Appropriation
Description:
Requires all procurement officers of state and county governmental bodies to attend initial training by the State Procurement Office and regular follow-up training as determined by the State Procurement Office. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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