Report Title:

$200 Million GO Bonds and Appropriation; UH West Oahu Campus

Description:

Authorizes issuance of $200 million in general obligation bonds during fiscal biennium 2003-2005 for plans, design and construction of UH-West Oahu campus facilities; provides preference on construction contracts for this project to companies primarily located and operating within Hawaii.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

366

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds and making an appropriation for plans, design, and construction of the university of hawaii-west oahu campus facilities.

 

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

 

SECTION 1. The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $200,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and $100,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated in each of the fiscal years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 for plans, design, and construction of the University of Hawaii-West Oahu campus facilities to be located on the 500-acre Kapolei makai site in Kapolei, Oahu approved for acquisition at the September 13, 2002 meeting of the University of Hawaii board of regents.

SECTION 2. The appropriations made for the capital improvement project authorized by this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made; provided that all moneys from the appropriations unencumbered as of June 30, 2007, shall lapse as of that date.

SECTION 3. The sums appropriated shall be expended by the University of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 4. Preference to in-state contractors on construction contracts. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in awarding construction contracts for the purposes of this Act, preference shall be given to contractors who affirm that:

(1) On the date of any award of a contract, they are licensed to conduct business and other activities in the State as a domestic corporation, in good standing, and in full compliance with registration requirements, all tax laws, wage and hour, employment, insurance, workers' compensation, and employee health and benefits laws of the State; and

(2) At least seventy-five per cent of their workforce consists of state residents. For purposes of this paragraph, a person shall be deemed to be a "state resident" if the person has lived continuously in the State for a period of six months prior to the awarding of the contract, and has not established residency in another state by living continuously therein or filing tax returns in that jurisdiction during that time.

(b) Any contractor found to have made a false affirmation under this section may have its offer rejected and may be debarred or suspended pursuant to section 103D-702, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2003.

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