Bill Text: HI HB508 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Procurement Code; Exemption; Fresh Meat and Produce

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [HB508 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-HB508-Amended.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	508
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013		H.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that it is extremely important to support food sustainability and self-sufficiency.  House Concurrent Resolution No. 167, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, requested the department of agriculture to convene a working group to examine the Federal 2008 Farm Bill amendment to The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.  The working group submitted its report to the 2012 legislature, recommending that the Hawaii public procurement code be amended to make exemptions for locally grown and produced agricultural commodities to make it easier for state agencies to procure local products.

     Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to amend the Hawaii public procurement code to make it easier for state agencies to procure local products to promote food sustainability and self-sufficiency. 

     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 July 1, 1994;

     (2)  To disburse funds, irrespective of their source:

         (A)  For grants or subsidies as those terms are 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 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[;], and fresh meat and produce, and animals and plants, for use by any governmental body;

         (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)  Any other goods or services which 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 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 require certain non-construction and non-software development procurements by the comptroller to be conducted in accordance with its terms."

     SECTION 3.  Section 103D-104.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

     ["[§103D-104.5]  Agricultural products subject to this chapter.  The following agricultural products shall be subject to this chapter:

     (1)  Fresh meats and produce; and

     (2)  Animals and plants.

Except for the exemptions under section 103D-102(b), no exemptions under this chapter shall apply to this section."]

     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, 2030.

 

Report Title:

Procurement Code; Exemption; Fresh Meat and Produce

 

Description:

Exempts from the procurement code any contract by governmental bodies to procure fresh meat and produce, and animals and plants for use by any governmental body.  Effective July 1, 2030.  (HB508 HD2)

 

 

 

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