Bill Text: HI SB2717 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Department Of Accounting And General Services.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-24 - Referred to LBT/GVO, WAM. [SB2717 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2717-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the department of accounting and general services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 26-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) The department shall:
(1) Preaudit and conduct
after-the-fact audits of the financial accounts of all state departments to
determine the legality of expenditures and the accuracy of accounts;
(2) Report to the governor and
to each regular session of the legislature as to the finances of each
department of the State;
(3) Administer the state risk
management program;
(4) Establish and manage motor
pools;
(5) Manage the preservation and
disposal of all records of the State;
(6) Undertake the program of
centralized engineering and office leasing services, including operation and
maintenance and lease buyback processing pursuant to subsection (d) of public
buildings, for departments of the State;
(7) Undertake the functions of
the state surveyor;
(8) Establish accounting and
internal control systems;
(9) Employ persons who shall be exempt
from chapters 76 and 89 but shall be members of the state employees' retirement
system and shall be eligible to receive the benefits of any state employee
benefit program generally applicable to officers and employees of the State;
[(9)] (10) Under the direction of the chief information
officer, provide centralized computer information management and processing
services;
[(10)] (11) Establish a program to provide a means for
public access to public information and develop an information network for
state government;
[(11)] (12) Assume administrative responsibility for the
office of information practices; and
[(12)] (13) Approve state fleet acquisitions; provided
that:
(A) Beginning January 1, 2022, all new light-duty motor vehicles that are passenger cars purchased for the State's fleet shall be zero-emission vehicles;
(B) Beginning as soon as practicable but no later than January 1, 2030, all new light-duty motor vehicles that are multipurpose passenger vehicles and trucks for the State's fleet shall be zero-emission vehicles; and
(C) The comptroller may authorize an exemption for new fleet vehicle purchases if zero-emission vehicles are demonstrated to be cost-prohibitive on a lifecycle basis or unsuitable for the vehicles' planned purpose, or if funds are unavailable.
For the purposes of this subsection:
"Light-duty
motor vehicle" shall have the same meaning as contained in title 10 Code [[]of[]]
Federal Regulations part 490.
"Multipurpose passenger vehicle" shall have the same meaning as contained in title 49 Code of Federal Regulations section 571.3.
"Passenger car" shall have the same meaning as contained in title 49 Code of Federal Regulations section 571.3.
"Truck" shall have the same meaning as contained in title 49 Code of Federal Regulations section 571.3.
"Zero-emission vehicle" shall have the same meaning as contained in title 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 88.102-94."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2024.
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Report Title:
DAGS; Employment; Civil Service; Collective Bargaining; Exemptions
Description:
Allows the Department of Accounting and General Services to employ persons exempt from civil service and collective bargaining requirements.
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